Posts with the tag Sarah Silverman.

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Review: Tig

Posted by: Tony Hinds  •  July 29, 2015 @ 11:44pm

In 2012, Tig Notaro performed one of the most talked about stand-up comedy sets of all time, opening with the announcement that she had been diagnosed with cancer. This diagnosis came soon after the death of Notaro's mother, a one-two punch that could easily derail any happy life.

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Review: Take This Waltz

Posted by: Tony Hinds  •  June 29, 2012 @ 12:42pm

Take This Waltz is most successful if viewed as an accurate (yet flawed) character study of a depressed girl in the ass-end of her 20's. I think the word girl could even be replaced with person. Men go through similar phases in their lives but, writer/ director Sarah Polley concentrates only on Margot (Michelle Williams).

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See the hilarious Tig Notaro (and friends) live at Largo in L.A. on April 30th!

Posted by: Paul Little  •  April 27, 2010 @ 2:42am

If you're like me (and I know some of you are), you love to seek out comedy wherever you can. It's the main reason why I watch so much late night television -- it's a great place to see great comedy every night. And while you'll (usually) get great comedy from the shows' hosts and their writers, we're really lucky when a stand-up comedian performs.

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2006 Vancouver Jewish Film Festival

Posted by: Mark McLeod  •  March 30, 2006 @ 12:00am

Here we are, nearly four months into 2006, and as a movie critic and entertainment writer something has been bugging me: the downright lack of good movies.

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