Showing 14 articles with the tag ‘screwball’
What's New Pussycat (1965)
Woody Allen's legendary film career gets off to an auspicious start in this wacky '60s sex comedy. Read more...
What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
Woody Allen's career stumbles a bit with this Japanese thriller re-dubbed into a comedy. It's about as funny as it sounds. Read more...
Take the Money and Run (1969)
Woody Allen's hilarious directorial debut stays mostly within his slapstick comfort zone. Read more...
Bananas (1971)
Woody Allen mixes in some political satire amidst the slapstick flailing, in a movie that is smarter but not quite as funny as his previous. Read more...
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask (1972)
The 1972 sketch comedy semi-classic which features such sophisticated delights as a neurotic sperm played by Woody Allen and a thousand-pound sentient breast. Read more...
Sleeper (1973)
A futuristic comedy inspired in equal parts by silent comedies and pulp sci-fi is the funniest movie so far. Read more...
Love and Death (1975)
If your two favorite things are slapstick comedies and epic Russian literature, then this might be your favorite movie ever. Read more...
Don't Drink The Water (1994)
Woody Allen's first foray into television is an infrequently funny screwball comedy with Michael J. Fox and Dom DeLuise. Read more...
New York Stories (1989)
A short film compilation that also features Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. Allen's, which is one of his funniest creations, is easily the best of the three. Read more...
The Impostors (1998)
A safe, amiable comedy from Stanley Tucci that features Woody Allen in a small supporting role. Read more...
Small Time Crooks (2000)
One of Woody Allen's tamest, gentlest, least inspired comedies in decades. Read more...
Company Man (2001)
Douglas McGrath directs himself, Woody Allen and others in a dire period farce. Read more...
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
Woody Allen finally makes a truly bad film, with this laughless, unmysterious mystery/comedy set in 1940. Read more...
Melinda and Melinda (2004)
Woody Allen tells the story of Melinda twice - once seriously, once comedically. Read more...