Watching a comedy from the silent film era is, as the Museum of Modern Art’s website suggests, to stare directly into the “vast subconscious that is American slapstick.” And, based on the title that ...

Slapstick is one of the most recognisable forms of comedy, and it is one of the first that we are introduced to as humans. While satire, verbal gags and other forms of comedy require some degree of ...

Slapstick comedy has always required the suggestion of pain. The Three Stooges poked each others’ eyes out; Lucille Ball drank enough Vitameatavegamin to get her sloppy drunk, and audiences ate up ...

Slapstick is making something of a comeback, with two film seasons already this year celebrating silent comedy and a BBC series about the genre scheduled for the Spring. So why is no one making new ...

Cameron Olsen has a boundless passion for the art of cinema, and loves nothing more than to closely examine the great works thereof. He has a bachelor’s degree in film from the University of Utah, and ...

There were a few moments in the Three Stooges showing I attended during which the generally festive audience became unnerved. The one I remember most prominently: when Moe held Curly* down and spent ...

HOLLYWOOD, CA — Akiva Schaffer’s “The Naked Gun” doesn’t just dust off the trench coat — it tailors it anew for a world obsessed with emojis. The result? A riotously funny reboot reimagined for the ...

President Trump speaks from the Oval Office of the White House as he gives a prime-time address about border security. (Carlos Barria/AP) “The Play That Goes Wrong,” a British slapstick comedy, ...

Slapstick is one of the most recognisable forms of comedy, and it is one of the first that we are introduced to as humans. While satire, verbal gags and other forms of comedy require some degree of ...