Actress Julie Kavner (1950)

The American animated comedy film The Simpsons Movie (2007) is based on Matt Groening’s popular Fox animated sitcom. Following a concert at Lake Springfield, Green Day attempts to raise awareness about the environment, but are met with a disrespectful audience who pelts them with trash. This pollution leads to the band’s barge sinking and their eventual drowning. At their memorial service, Grampa Simpson has a spiritual awakening and forewarns of a disaster that will strike Springfield. Despite his cryptic message, only Marge takes it seriously. In light of the dire state of the environment, Lisa and her new ...

Deconstructing Harry (1997) is a dark comedy film from the United States that Woody Allen wrote, directed, and acted in. One evening, Lucy hails a taxi to visit Harry Block, a well-known author in Manhattan. Recently finishing his latest book, Lucy is upset to see that her own affair with Harry has been used as inspiration for the character Leslie’s affair with her sister’s husband Ken. Enraged by this public portrayal of their relationship, Lucy pulls out a gun she had concealed in her purse and threatens to take her own life. She then turns the weapon on Harry and begins shooting at him. As he runs away ...

Don’t Drink the Water (1994), an American made-for-television comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen, takes place in 1961 during the height of the Cold War. Mr. Magee, the US Ambassador to a smaller European posting behind the Iron Curtain, plays an important role in trying to end the war. His son, Axel Magee, is also part of the diplomatic corps at the same embassy and holds a Harvard degree. However, despite his education and position, Axel is known for being a total screw-up as a diplomat. Despite other qualified and capable staff members like Mr. Kilroy, Ambassador Magee appoints Axel as head of the ...

Shadows and Fog (1991), an American black-and-white comedy film by Woody Allen, is based on his one-act play Death (1975). Kleinman is awakened by a vigilante mob in search of a serial killer, enlisting his help. His landlady gives him a bag of pepper. Meanwhile, circus performers Irmy and her boyfriend Paul argue about marriage and having children. When Paul leaves for another tent and has sex with fellow artist Marie, Irmy runs away to the city and ends up in a brothel. There, she catches the eye of student Jack who becomes infatuated with her. He offers her increasingly larger sums of money until she finally ...

The Simpsons (1989–2024), an American animated sitcom by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company, is a satirical portrayal of life in America. It follows the Simpson family – consisting of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie – in the fictional town of Springfield as they humorously exaggerate society, Western culture, television, and the human condition. The idea for the family came to Groening while working on animated shorts with producer James L. Brooks. He based them on his own relatives, ...

New York Stories (1989) is an American anthology film featuring three segments with a central focus on the bustling metropolis of New York City. The first segment, Life Lessons, is directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Richard Price. It stars Nick Nolte. The second segment, Life Without Zoë, is helmed by Francis Ford Coppola and co-written by Coppola and his daughter,

Radio Days (1987), an American comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen, nostalgically looks back at the golden age of radio in the late 1930s and 1940s. Set in Rockaway Beach, New York, it follows a working-class family, with fictional narrator Joe (voiced by Allen himself) recounting their adventures. Among these is how two burglars stumbled upon a radio show while robbing a home. For Joe, old radio songs evoke childhood memories of his time living with his modest Jewish-American family in Rockaway Beach during the late 1930s and early 1940s. His mother was ...