Culture: Comedy (Film)
That superior feeling
The Coen brothers' espionage comedy is an exercise in smugness Burn After Reading (15) dir: Joel and Ethan Coen
Mark Kermode - Jokers in the pack
Film - Dirty gags and a saw-wielding maniac make for tasteless fun, writes Mark Kermode The Aristocrats (18) Asylum (15)
Mark Kermode - On the road again
Film - Two lame-brained hill-billies make an unwelcome return, writes Mark Kermode The Dukes of Hazzard (12A) The Mighty Celt (12A) The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (U)
Miranda Sawyer - Foreign affairs
Film - A cerebral comedy and a sci-fi cartoon get lost in translation, writes Miranda Sawyer Les clefs de bagnole (12) Sky Blue (15)
Mark Kermode - Tragic comedy
Woody Allen's latest offers lots to chew on, but leaves us empty, writes Mark Kermode Melinda and Melinda (12A) Maria Full of Grace (15)
Dead ringers
Film retrospective - Philip Kerr on Charlie Chaplin and his shadow self - Adolf Hitler
The worst of British
Film - Philip Kerr watches Mel Smith's latest comedy thriller fall flat on its face
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