From the canonical to the controversial, and in no particular order, we asked 10 standups to pick 50 movies that make them giggle. They made some surprising choices…
April 2016
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
Joy; Sisters; Black Mountain Poets; Hitchcock/Truffaut; Krampus; Belgica – review
Jennifer Lawrence’s turn as the Magic Mop inventor deserves a second look, while Poehler and Fey are on good form as siblings, and Alice Lowe and Dolly Wells equally so as poetic impostors
March 2016
Tina Fey: it’s a ‘terrible time’ for women in comedy
Sisters star says male comics get better wages for shoddier work, and reveals how journalists fired ‘sexist’ questions at her and Amy Poehler during publicity for film
January 2016
Box office analysis: US
The Force Awakens rings in new year with $88.3m at US box office
JJ Abrams’ sequel is set to challenge Avatar as the highest-grossing film in North America, while Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight climbs to No 3 at the weekend with $16.2m bounty
December 2015
Box office analysis: UK
Star Wars: The Force Awakens gives UK box office a spectacular shot in the arm
The Guardian profile
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler: sisters in comedy rip into the boys' club
Sisters: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler deserve better
Amy Poehler: ‘Vanity is the death of comedy’
Sisters review – dynamic duo party like it’s 1984
Sisters star Tina Fey: 'Embarrassing yourself regenerates your cell growth' - video interview
The Guardian Film Show
The Guardian film show: By the Sea, Hector, The Forbidden Room and Sisters – audio reviews
The Guardian film show
The Guardian film show: By the Sea, Hector, The Forbidden Room and Sisters – video reviews
Sisters – video review
Film blog
Golden Globes nominations 2016: will it be a Blanchett-DiCaprio one-two?
