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...French continued to make movies during Germany's World War II occupation, and as long as they didn't criticize the Nazis, they did so with surprising freedom. Bertrand Tavernier's Safe Conduct is an epic (almost three hours long) reconstruction of that era--comic, suspenseful, romantic. It's a richly populated movie, focusing most intently on a clever assistant director (Jacques Gamblin) who is desperately balancing the demands of career, family and Resistance activities. The film's great set piece is his sober-hilarious overnight flight to Britain on underground business, which must be completed in time...
...schools of comedy grew out of Lenny Bruce, he says. One is the Establishment comedian represented by Alan King; the other is the younger, edgier, anti-Establishment comic represented by George Carlin. What they have in common is simple: "They're funny." For Seinfeld, that's the gold standard. A young Alan King appears onscreen in a tuxedo, holding an unlit cigar. Seinfeld looks on reverently. "The cigar confers authority, wisdom, arrogance," says Seinfeld, "all key elements of being a comedian...
Shiga's most recent book, "Fleep" (Sparkplug Comic Books; 44 pp.; $5), mixes his love of puzzles with the more straightforward kind of story. A man wakes up inside a phone booth encased in concrete. With no memory of how he got there and slowly losing oxygen, he utilizes scientific principles and the contents of his pockets to discover where he is and how he got there. "By my calculations, the rate of torsion on my pendulum indicates my latitude to be roughly 37 degrees - 49 degrees North," is a typical insight. One setback after another must be overcome with...
...some thugs who seem to think he knows something he doesn't. Suddenly the context of everything shifts as Tom discovers all of his new friends belong to an extortion gang. But even this twist has nothing on the bizarre and totally unexpected ending. It is rare that a comic catches me completely off guard but "Double Happiness...
...Rees also doesn’t seem like someone who’d swear a whole lot in everyday life. He’s from the Midwest, speaks sincerely, grew up in a church-going family (his father calls My New Fighting Technique is Unstoppable, Rees’ previous comic series, “an obscenity”) and was genuinely pumped about the adjustable lectern in Sever 113. He’s lived in New York for a few years now, fact-checking for Martha Stewart and Maxim when he needs cash. He says that GYWO was written primarily...