There is a style of comedy now in fashion which breaks the long-standing assumption that comedy should be funny. This trend was the subject of a Rolling Stone cover story last September. This new comedy sans drôle is practiced, for example, by the current writers of...
Jason Schwartzman
‘Shopgirl’ (2005 movie, Steve Martin, Claire Danes)
I had imagined Shopgirl would be pretty good. Roger Ebert gave it three and a half stars. Steve Martin wrote the novel and the screenplay, and he's also the leading man. Claire Danes co-stars, and Jason Schwatzman has a supporting role. I like both of them. There's...
Jason Schwartzman
‘The Darjeeling Limited’ (2007 movie, Adrien Brody, Owen Wilson)
There is a style of comedy now in fashion which breaks the long-standing assumption that comedy should be funny. This trend was the subject of a Rolling Stone cover story last September. This new comedy sans drôle is practiced, for example, by the current writers of...
‘Shopgirl’ (2005 movie, Steve Martin, Claire Danes)
I had imagined Shopgirl would be pretty good. Roger Ebert gave it three and a half stars. Steve Martin wrote the novel and the screenplay, and he's also the leading man. Claire Danes co-stars, and Jason Schwatzman has a supporting role. I like both of them. There's...