Art School Confidential 2006 R, 102 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Terry Zwigoff Cast: Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Matt Keeslar, Anjelica Huston, Joel Moore, Ethan Suplee, Steve Buscemi, Adam Scott, Jack Ong, Michael Lerner
Aspiring artist Jerome Platz (Max Minghella) leaves his Long Island high school and enters Strathmore Institution's prestigious art school where he encounters bullies but falls in love with Audrey (Sophia Myles). To impress Audrey, Jerome passes off as his own the work of alcoholic artist Jimmy (Jim Broadbent), but then reality hits in the form of a mysterious strangler who is a serial killer looking for victim #6.
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Bad Santa 2003 R, 91 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Terry Zwigoff Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Lauren Graham, Lauren Tom, Bernie Mac, John Ritter, Ajay Naidu, Lorna Scott, Alex Borstein, Dylan Charles, Billy Gardell
Santa (Billy Bob Thornton) and his elf (Tony Cox) are really con men who, year after year, have worked in department stores and robbed the stores' safes on Christmas Eve. Could this be the year that these two will get their comeuppance?
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Ghost World 2001 R, 110 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Terry Zwigoff Cast: Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Brad Renfro, Illeana Douglas, Bob Balaban, Teri Garr, Stacey Travis, Ashley Peldon, Dave Sheridan, Charles C. Stevenson Jr., Tom McGowan
Adapted from a comic book series about high-school friends who try to find their place in the lonely, fake world of suburbia, this film is both funny and insightful. Extroverted Enid (Thora Birch) and her direct opposite, Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson), plan to share an apartment but find their lives diverging as their interests change.
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| 1. Art School Confidential (2006)
2. Bad Santa (2003)
3. Crumb (1995)
4. Ghost World (2001)
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