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Monty Python films - The Life of Brian 1979. Monty Python does Christianity. The Meaning of Life Dir. Terry Jones, classic Monty Python. (VHS) Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl 1974 Python stage show. (VHS) Monty Python & the Holy Grail Monty Python does King Arthur
Directed by Terry Gilliam – Brazil 1985. Futuristic cult film finally re-released is a triumph of imagination and production design. The Brothers Grimm 2005. A black comic tale of the fairytale brothers. Stars Matt Damon and Heath Ledger. Tideland 2005. Poetic, dark and bizarre tale of a small girl lost in a fantasy world. Time Bandits 1981. Wacky time travelling comedy stars John Cleese and Michael Palin (who also co-wrote it).
Directed by Kevin Smith – Chasing Amy Original comedy-drama about a man, already in a relationship, who falls for another woman - who is gay. Clerks They might serve you but they sure don’t have to like you! Rated R. Clerks II The sequel picks up 10 years later when the 20 somethings have become 30 somethings. Still very funny. Dogma Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Alan Rickman star in spoof of middle American Biblical righteousness. (VHS) Mallrats A band of friends and enemies hanging out at the mall.
Directed by John Waters - Cecil B Demented Stars Melanie Griffith and Steven Dorff. (VHS) Desperate Living A monstrous fairy tale, rated R. (VHS) Hairspray 60s aerosol satire. Pink Flamingos 1972. Divine stars in another extraordinary "exercise in bad taste." Rated R. (VHS) Polyester cult comedy stars Tab Hunter & Divine. Serial Mom His latest crazy comedy stars Kathleen Turner as the mother with a mission. (VHS)
As Good As It Gets Dir. James L. Brooks. Helen Hunt and Jack Nicholson make sparkling sparring partners. Bagdad Cafe Dir. Percy Adlon, offbeat cross-cultural comedy starring Marianne Sagebrecht. Barcelona Dir. Walt Stillman. Droll account of two young American cousins at large. (VHS) Bedrooms & Hallways Dir. Rose Troche. Likeable drama plays with the notion that sexuality is never cut & dried. Billy’s Hollywood Screen Kiss Dir. Tommy O’Haver. Humorous and sensitive gay tale. (VHS) Black Dynamite Dir. Scott Sanders, 2009. A spoof on 1970s ‘action’ films. The Boat That Rocked Dir. Richard Curtis, 2009. A feel good comedy set on board a 60s UK pirate radio station. Great music, good times... The Bucket List Dir. Rob Reiner, 2007. Two terminally ill cancer patients, Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, embark upon the ultimate road trip before they die. Dan in Real Life Dir. Peter Hedges. Romantic comedy about a widower who accidentally falls for his brother’s girlfriend starring Steve Carroll and Juliette Binoche Death at a Funeral Dir. Frank Oz, 2007. Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret about a recently deceased family patriarch during his funeral. Divorcing Jack Dir. David Gafrey. Very black Irish comedy about a journalist with more than marital problems. (VHS) Eat the Rich Outrageous off-beat comedy by the makers of The Young Ones (VHS) Ed Wood Dir. Tim Burton. Amusing biopic about the great schlock filmmaker who could really put the shake into flying saucers. Erik The Viking Dir. Terry Jones - retelling the Nordic saga as you've never imagined it before. A Fish Called Wanda Dir. Charles Crichton. A very funny farce starring John Cleese, Michael Palin, Kevin Kline and Jamie Lee Curtis. For Your Consideration Dir. Christopher Guest, 2006. Send up of Hollywood, acting and unworthy ambition. Four Weddings and a Funeral Dir. Mike Newell. Written by Richard Curtis. Romantic comedy with Hugh Grant & Andi McDowell. The Full Monty Dir. Peter Cattaneo. Bitter-edged comedy about the antics of a group of unemployed Sheffield steel mill workers. Global Heresy Dir. Sidney J. Furie. Lacking the funds to maintain their aristocratic lifestyle an elderly couple rent their castle to a famous rock band. Comedy starring Joan Plowright , Peter O’Toole & Alicia Silverstone. Greenfingers Dir. Joel Hershman. A delightful film about the redemptive power of gardening for a group of British prisoners. Highway 61 Dir. Bruce McDonald. Strikingly original road comedy. (VHS) How to Be Dir. Oliver Irving, 2008. British Comedy about a young man having an existential crisis who convinces a self-help guru to come to London and become his personal life coach. Humpday Dir. Lynn Shelton, 2009. Two old college roommates reconnect after a decade and after a drunken party take their “bromance” to a whole new level. I Am a Sex Addict Dir. Caveh Zahedi. Autobiographical cult tale of sexual obsession. The Importance of Being Earnest Dir. Olilver Parker, 2002. Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Frances O’Connor, Reese Witherspoon & Judi Dench star in questionable interpretation of the Wilde play. The Impostors Dir. Stanley Tucci. Delightful old fashioned farce. (VHS) In the Loop Dir. Armando Ianucci, 2008. Witty political comedy about US-UK relations and the politics of spin. Julie and Julia Dir. Nora Ephron, 2009. Meryl Streep stars as the French cooking expert, Julia Childs. L.A. Story Dir. Mick Jackson. Steve Martin stars. (VHS) L.A. Without a Map Dir. Mika Kaurismaki. Finnish humorous tale of a British undertaker lured to tinsel town. (VHS) The Last Days of Disco Dir. Whit Stillman. Yes the 80s really were that awful. Leon the Pig Farmer Dirs. Vadim Jean & Gary Sinyor. (VHS) Little Miss Sunshine Dir. Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris. Hilarious comedy about a truly crazy family. 2006 Mambo Italiano Dir. Emile Gaudreault. A coming out comedy. Maybe Baby Dir and written by Ben Elton, stars Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson. (VHS) Men Who Stare at Goats Dir. Grant Heslov, 2009. George Clooney dazzles and Jeff Bridges shines in this hilarious military farce. A Midwinter’s Tale Dir. Kenneth Branagh. Comedy about a group of out-of work actors staging Hamlet. (VHS) The Missionary Dir. Richard Loncraine, 1982. Michael Palin wrote and stars in this very amusing tale of an African missionary recalled to England in 1905. Music and Lyrics Dir. Marc Lawrence. Rom-com vehicle for Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore to make music together. Notting Hill Dir. Roger Michell. Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts star in likeable romantic comedy. Nuns on the Run Dir. Jonathan Lynn. Robbie Coltrane and Eric Idle are hilarious in a story of immaculate deception. The One and Only Dir. Simon Cellan Jones. Justine Wadell and Richard Roxburgh star in adaptation of the popular Danish comedy by Suzanne Bier. The Opposite of Sex Dir. Don Roos. Clever black comedy about a 16 year old who runs away to stay with her gay half-brother. (VHS) Peter's Friends Dir. Kenneth Branagh, amusing British style "Big Chill" for the "30-something" generation. (VHS) A Private Function Dir. Malcolm Mowbray. Award-winner with Michael Palin, Maggie Smith & Denholm Elliott. The Producers Dir. Mel Brooks, 1968. The award winning comedy about musical theatre stars Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel. Rat Dir. Steve Barron. Pete Postlethwaite and Imelda Staunton star in quirky Irish rodent comedy. Reality Bites Dir. Ben Stiller. Fresh comedy about life and love for the post-Baby Boomer generation. The Rocky Horror Picture Show Dir. Jim Sharman. Cult comedy Rosalie Goes Shopping Dir. Percy Adlon, Germany. Delightfully loopy comedy is also laced-in-acid account of American consumerism. The Royal Tenenbaums Dir. Wes Anderson. Eccentric comedy about a hugely dysfunctional family. The Ruling Class Dir. Peter Medak, 1972, stars Peter O'Toole, Arthur Lowe, Alistair Sim. (VHS) Saving Grace Dir. Nigel Cole. Brenda Blethyn is brilliant as an unworldly widow in this fey British comedy. Sideways Dir. Alexander Payne, 2004. Likeable tale of two men in search of wine, women and themselves. Since You’ve Been Gone Dir. David Schwimmer, stars Teri Hatcher, Lara Flynn Boyle & Joey Slotnik in a romantic comedy. (VHS) Sleepless in Seattle Dir. Nora Ephron, with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan - romantic comedy (VHS) Stonewall Dir. Nigel Finch. Amusing dramatic narrative surrounds this retelling of events from the era of gay liberation. (VHS) Stranger Than Fiction Dir. Marc Foster, 2006. Will Ferrell stars in wacky fantasy about writing. Sunshine Cleaning Dir. Christine Jeffs, 2008. A bittersweet comedy about respect, love and clearing up body parts. Swingers Dir. Doug Liman. Cult comedy about being a single man in the modern meat market. (VHS) The Ten Dir. David Wain, 2007. Ten comic stories each inspired by one of the commandments. This is Spinal Tap Dir. Rob Reiner, 1984. A cult classic that does for Rock n Roll what The Sound of Music does for hills. The Treatment Dir. Oren Rudavsky. Comic tale of New Yorkers and analysis. Unmade Beds Dir. Alexis Dos Santos, UK 2009. Set in the underground art-rock world of a sprawling East London squat, Unmade Beds is the seductive, funny and romantic story of two nomads searching for love and meaning in a new city. Up in the Air Dir. Jason Reitman, 2009. Stars George
Clooney as an aloof, high-flying executive whose millions of frequent-flyer
miles can't keep him permanently above the emotional turbulence he seeks to
avoid. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? The tale of a man, a woman and a rabbit Widows Peak Dir. John Irvine. Mia Farrow, Joan Plowright and Natasha Richardson in delightful black comedy set in Ireland. (VHS) Withnail & I Dir. Bruce Robinson. Witty cult comedy about the 60s.
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