The Competition

Documentary about the making of American Pie (1999), American Pie 2 (2001) and American Wedding (2003).

Un regard sur le travail de deux humoristes, Jerry Seinfeld et Orny Adams un nouveau venu moins connu, détaillant les efforts et la frustration derrière la mise en place d'un acte et d'une carrière réussis tout en vivant une vie sur la route.

The Comedians of Comedy is an occasional stand-up comedy tour featuring Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis, Brian Posehn and Maria Bamford that was documented in a 2005 film and 2005 Comedy Central television series of the same name, both directed by Michael Blieden.

A travers le prisme de son inoubliable performance dans le rôle d'Andy Kaufman, Jim Carrey s'interroge sur le sens de la vie, la réalité, son identité et sa carrière.

What does it mean to be a successful comedian? How far can the boundaries of taste be pushed to get a laugh? Four top comics, Ricky Gervais, Louis C.K., Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock, discuss and debate their craft.

Fresh off the heels of appearing in movies like Superhero Movie and The 40 Year-Old Virgin, fast-talking comedian Kevin Hart stars in his second live stand-up performance in Cleveland, Ohio, where he makes fun of everything and everybody - especially himself.

Sur scène à San Francisco, le comique évoque les vieux qui se procurent de la drogue, son pire spectacle de stand-up, les bals de promo gay et les clowns d'anniversaire.

Le vieux Irving Zisman, quatre-vingt-six ans, parcourt les États-Unis avec un improbable compagnon : son petit-fils de huit ans, Billy.

A drama-documentary presented by Alan Yentob, with Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role. Every word spoken by the actors in this film is sourced from the letters that Van Gogh sent to his younger brother Theo, and of those around him. What emerges is a complex portrait of a sophisticated, civilised and yet tormented man.

Au cours de la deuxième saison de "In Living Color", Jim Carrey a commencé à préparer un spectacle de stand-up spéciale. Avant que la spéciale ne soit diffusée à Showtime, en novembre 1991, la mère de Jim est décédée. Jim a dédié "Jim Carrey's Unnatural Act" à la mémoire de Kathleen Carrey (alias "Mommsie"). Le spécial a été enregistré au Théâtre Passe Muraille devant un public en direct.

Helen Mirren nous raconte l'histoire de la jeune fille, symbole de la Shoah, à travers son Journal, tandis qu'une actrice parcourt les lieux de la déportation et livre ses impressions sur les réseaux sociaux

Kevin Smith interacts in Q&A sessions throughout various college stops in the USA.

An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, GOOD HAIR visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific laboratories and Indian temples to explore the way hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of the black community.

The film documents, in an often dramatic and humorous fashion, Gray's investigations into alternative medicine for an eye condition (Macular pucker) he had developed.

Chaque réalisateur, dans une totale liberté, exprime en une dizaine de minutes son interprétation sur le thème du temps. Tourné dans des sites variés allant des jungles de l'Amérique du Sud jusqu'aux rues de New York, Ten Minutes Older relate toutes les expériences de l'aventure humaine : la naissance, la mort, l'amour, la sexualité, les drames de l'actualité, l'histoire et les mythes anciens.

Declared to be the funniest Robin Williams video made, this is a don't-miss comedy.

Michael Moore relate la suppression de 30 000 emplois dans les usines General Motors dans sa ville natale, Flint dans le Michigan, et leurs conséquences sur la population.

An inspiring, triumphant and wickedly funny portrait of one of comedy’s most enigmatic and important figures, CALL ME LUCKY tells the story of Barry Crimmins, a beer-swilling, politically outspoken and whip-smart comic whose efforts in the 70s and 80s fostered the talents of the next generation of standup comedians. But beneath Crimmins’ gruff, hard-drinking, curmudgeonly persona lay an undercurrent of rage stemming from his long-suppressed and horrific abuse as a child – a rage that eventually found its way out of the comedy clubs and television shows and into the political arena.

A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring rare and never before seen footage, this is the mind boggling story of The National Lampoon from its subversive and electrifying beginnings, to rebirth as an unlikely Hollywood heavyweight, and beyond. A humour empire like no other, the impact of the magazines irreverent, often shocking, sensibility was nothing short of seismic: this is an institution whose (drunk stoned brilliant) alumni left their fingerprints all over popular culture. Both insanely great and breathtakingly innovative, The National Lampoon created the foundation of modern comic sensibility by setting the bar in comedy impossibly high.

Trevor Noah évoque les hymnes nationaux, une visite mémorable en Allemagne et une humiliation à Paris dans ce spectacle original inspiré de ses voyages à travers le monde.