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Now showing — Comedy/Tragedy · 5 works

  • Fallen Leaves Film · 2020s

    Fallen Leaves is a 2023 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Aki Kaurismäki. It is Kaurismäki's 20th full-length film and a continuation of his Proletariat series, which was originally planned as a trilogy and already includes Shadows in Paradise (1986), Ariel (1988), and The Match Factory Girl (1990)....

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  • All Def Comedy Television · 2010s

    All Def Comedy is a 2016 television series from United States, shaped by Stan Lathan. It helps the serial catalog read as a real field of seasons, institutions, and recurring pressure. Rooted in United States. Engages with nature, surveillance. In the index for the quality of its sustained storytelling.

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  • Enlightened Television · 2010s

    Enlightened is an American comedy-drama television series that premiered on HBO on October 10, 2011. The series was created by Mike White, who wrote every episode, and Laura Dern. As signaled by its tagline "About a woman on the verge of a nervous breakthrough", Enlightened follows the story of Amy Jellicoe (Dern),...

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  • Looking Television · 2010s

    Looking is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on HBO from January 19, 2014, to July 23, 2016. It was created by Michael Lannan, with Lannan, Andrew Haigh, David Marshall Grant, and Sarah Condon serving as executive producers. The show stars Jonathan Groff, Frankie J. Alvarez, Murray Bartlett, Laur...

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  • Stan and Ollie - The Roots of Comedy Books

    essay by Simon Louvish

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