What's With Baum? by Woody Allen review the film-maker's late-life first novel
An elderly bespectacled novelist's witty, familiar comic voice yields a fluent, nostalgic New York story that ultimately collapses into unresolved farce without confronting scandal.
I laugh out loud': why Johnny Stecchino is my feelgood movie
Johnny Stecchino blends farce and sly social commentary to ridicule the mafia, highlight appearance versus reality, and showcase Benigni's comic dual role.
