2023 hasn’t been a banner year for every Hollywood genre. This year’s horror offerings have, in particular, left a lot to be desired. At the same time, this year has seen Hollywood deliver more ...

With the glut of stand-up, television, movies, podcasts, social media, and live performance, there’s never been more comedy produced on a week-to-week basis. 2023 saw a dramatic increase in stand-up ...

The back-of-the-Criterion-closet searching for nonexistent titles has maybe been done, but no one’s titles are better than Chris Fleming’s, and no one else nails the physical panic of the red-carpet ...

Pure comedies in the world of film are rare these days, especially in theaters. Sure, you can find action comedies, horror comedies, and films of that ilk on occasion, but increasingly straight-up ...

For all of the comedians who complained they couldn’t joke about anything anymore, that sure didn’t stop them and everyone else from joking about everything this year. When the calendar year finally ...

It was a banner year for stand-up fans in 2023, with the number of hourlong specials released clearing more than 200 titles. Why such record-breaking output? For one, following the 2021 reopening of ...