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Time for a Good Laugh!June, 2020
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Upcoming Event We Are One - A Global Film Festival May 29 - June 7 Over 20 film festivals around the world, including Cannes, Tribeca and Venice, have joined together to create a free streaming film festival.
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Bringing Up BabyIn this 1938 screwball comedy, a giddy heiress is determined to win the affections of a serious zoologist, until her dog steals his dinosaur fossil. Starring Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant. Directed by Howard Hawks. Unrated.
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The Dinner GamePierre and his snobbish friends have a standing date for dinner. Every week, they compete to see who can bring the biggest idiot to the party. An English language version of the film was made in 2010 titled Dinner for Schmucks. In French, with English subtitles. Rated PG-13.
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DodgeballThe owner of a small local gym enters a dodgeball tournament in Las Vegas in order to save his facility from the owner of a corporate fitness center. ESPN has embraced the lampooning it received in the film by periodically airing day long marathons as "ESPN 8: The Ocho." Programming includes darts and dodgeball. The film stars Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn. Rated PG-13.
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Bill Hader and Fred Armisen star in spoofs of popular documentaries. Grey Gardens, The Kid Stays in the Picture, and Stop Making Sense are among the films parodied. Unrated.
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Duck SoupGroucho becomes a dictator in a mythical land, while Chico and Harpo run a peanut stand. When the film was first released, it was considered a box office disappointment; however, now the film is regarded as a classic. Unrated.
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A Fish Called WandaDouble-crossing jewel thieves use seduction and murder as weapons to find out where their ringleader has stashed the diamonds. Kevin Kline won the Academy Award® for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of the menacing but dimwitted thief Otto. The film also stars John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Michael Palin. Rated R.
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The GeneralAfter being rejected by the Confederate Army, Johnny's locomotive, The General, is stolen. He then sets out to get it back and once again win the heart of his beloved Annabelle. This 1926 silent film classic stars Buster Keaton. Unrated.
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World /A group of strangers race across California to find $350,000 buried by an ex-convict. The film stars Spencer Tracy, Ethel Merman, and Jonathan Winters. It also features dozens of comedians in cameo roles. Directed by Stanley Kramer. Rated G.
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Some Like It hot /When Chicago musicians Joe and Jerry witness a gangland murder, they realize that their only escape is to dress as women and join an all-girls band on their way to a tour of Florida. In 2000 this film was voted the top comedy in the American Film Institute's One Hundred Years...One Hundred Laughs poll of film critics. Starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe. Unrated.
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Waiting for GuffmanA former big-city musical star gathers the residents of Blaine, Missouri together to create a production in hopes of being discovered. This comedy stars Fred Willard and Christopher Guest. Rated R.
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