Covid contrarians are seeking funding for a film poking fun at the pandemic response.

The Decameron trailer previews the upcoming Netflix dark comedy, which unfolds amidst a pandemic and is very loosely inspired by the 14-century story collection The Decameron. Described as a ...

Nicole Shanahan will exec produce a feature project inspired by the current National Institutes of Health director and ...

Chicago’s comedy scene was once a late-night affair. On Saturday nights at Second City, the last show didn’t start until 1 a.m. At the iO Theater near Clybourn Avenue, the comedians and employees ...

The COVID-19 pandemic shut down most entertainers’ careers. It made comedian Anthony Rodia a star. Like everyone else, Rodia lost his performing jobs — 155 gigs were canceled. But he realized people ...

Filmmaker Theda Hammel skewers contemporary Brooklynite hipsters and gifts her frequent collaborator John Early with his best screen role. Set entirely within a few days in the summer of 2020, “Stress ...

“Kiwis have a very particular sense of humor. We find humor in really mundane things, the day to day. But in a dystopian world, after a pandemic, where everything is stripped back, the basics become ...

What's the best way to photograph a joke? How can a still image convey stage presence or audience connection? Whether it’s capturing special moments backstage at a comedy show or the biggest ...

Editor's note: This article originally posted on the San Francisco Examiner. Click here for more culture reporting at sfexaminer.com Half a block west of San Francisco’s Union Square and sandwiched ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Building on the promise of her short film “My Trip to Spain,” which played Sundance in 2022, filmmaker Theda Hammel returns to the ...