‘It’s about finding light in the dark’: why Harold and Maude is my feelgood movie
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‘Over Your Dead Body’ Director Jorma Taccone on the Lonely Island’s ‘SNL’ Legacy and Recovering From a Shattered Pelvis: ‘I Had a Moment of My Life Flashing Before My Eyes’
Jorma Taccone’s newest film looks a bit different than the work he’s known for. Taccone, one-third of the aughts “Saturday Night Live” collective The Lonely Island, is known for comedy: In addition to the many, many digital shorts he and his friends have made for “SNL,” Taccone directed 2010’s “MacGruber” and, with Lonely Island costar Akiva Schaffer, co-directed 2014’s “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping.” Now, with the new film “Over Your D…
Stoner Movies Are Dead, and Weed Killed Them — Opinion
Weed movies just don’t hit like they used to, huh? It’s 4/20 in 2026, and never before has the nation’s unofficial marijuana holiday felt less potent in TV and film. That’s not because our tolerance for stoner comedies, or even dramas, has gone up. If anything, today’s audiences are more primed than ever to enjoy stories that help them escape the mundanity of daily life. Rather, it’s because the culture around weed, and the drug itself, have fun…
‘It’s about finding light in the dark’: why Harold and Maude is my feelgood movie
The latest in our ongoing series of writers recommending their favourite comfort watches is a pick for 1971’s unusual romantic comedyThe best films give you something to take away. Not just a moral message, or some sort of transcendental teaching about the world. But a tangible thing you can find meaning in long after the credits have rolled, holding space in the corners of your mind like a cultural souvenir you’ve popped on the shelf.For me, th…
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