After Will Ferrell’s surprisingly adept foray into the realm of straight-faced cinema with Marc Forster’s “Stranger than Fiction” (2006), I had expected continued, and increasingly fruitful artistic diversification from the comic icon, much in the way that “The Truman Show” (1998) effected Jim Carrey’s escape into drama. Of course there would be missteps, e.g., “The [...]
Our Will Ferrell extravaganza! Will Ferrell — Comic genius, or overrated hack? In this episode, lucky number 13, Scott and I explore Ferrell’s five greatest performances, if “Land of the Lost” measures up, and how the films of this popular comic stack up against to the great, transcendent comedies of cinema’s past.
Loco: London’s 1st Comedy Film Festival
Orlando: Does Sex Matter?
A soothing demise: Lars von Trier’s ‘Melancholia’ considered
The Power of Limits in The Five Obstructions
Surviving ‘Surviving Life’
‘The Other’ at The 2nd London Iranian Film Festival
‘Leaving’: Made in Prague
A Step Forward: New African Film in Paris
Adapting to The Skin I Live In: The Antidote to Horror
Chicken with Plums: Better on Paper
