Movie review: Stitches
Steve Bennett on Ross Noble's horror debut
23/10/2012 … Stitches joins a venerable canon of scary clowns, from Stephen King's IT, to The Joker, to Psychoville's Mr Jelly – and director Conor McMahon is well aware…
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Tue 23 October 2012
'The perfect parody and the perfect celebration of showbiz'
Paul Tonkinson's comedy favourites
23/10/2012 … Steve Martin: Fun Balloon AnimalsWild and Crazy Guy shot in LA in 1979 is one of the funniest things I have ever seen.
Fri 19 October 2012
TV review: Hebburn
Steve Bennett on Jason Cook's new sitcom
19/10/2012 … BBC Two’s new sitcom Hebburn features chavvy slappers, incontinent pensioners and a scene of copious vomiting.
Thu 18 October 2012
Squawker new act final 2012
Review by Steve Bennett at Brighton Komedia
18/10/2012 … Everywhere you look there are new act competitions these days, and now Brighton – rather belatedly given its vibrant open mic scene – has got in on the act…
Wed 17 October 2012
Awful and beautiful... my stand-up of choice
Hebburn creator Jason Cook chooses his comedy favourites
17/10/2012 … Bad News By The Comic Strip PresentsMy favourite ever Comic Strip creation.
Tue 16 October 2012
Good sense of tumour...
Tig Notaro Live reviewed by Steve Bennett
16/10/2012 … Tig Notaro walked on stage at the Los Angeles club Largo in August, and as the introductory applause rang around the venue, spoke over it: ‘Hello, good evening,…
Wed 10 October 2012
'Is there a more perfect living stand-up?'
Shappi Khorsandi chooses her comedy favourites
10/10/2012 … Charlie Chaplin: The Great DictatorChaplin was a cinematic and comedy genius and I hope anyone who disagrees slips on a banana skin and gets chased around a lamppost…
Tue 09 October 2012
The unfunny side of stand-up
Sarah Slack reviews the new documentary Alone Up There
09/10/2012 … ‘Stand-up comedy is the most difficult art form of them all’, according to filmmaker Sean Patrick Shaul.