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Home » David Wain

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Posted inBlogs

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp tastes like a burger—and I like it

by Gwynedd Stuart August 5, 2015August 18, 2021

Michael Showalter and David Wain did it. They did it.

Posted inBlogs

Show us your Ibsen, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones August 8, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Mrs. Carol Edwards, “(Whoa! Whoa!) Bussin’s Got to Go”
Posted inMusic

In Rotation: Alex Fryer of Dumpster Tapes on the best Donnas songs to play for a crush

by Leor Galil July 21, 2014August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of Dumpster Tapes cofounder Alex Fryer, Justin Vittori of Rainbow Gun Show, and the Reader‘s Leor Galil

Posted inBlogs

Belles, dumbbells, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones May 9, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Mon 7/29: Rivers Casino, Blue Hawaii, and Wet Hot American Summer

by Drew Hunt July 29, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, July 29

Posted inBlogs

Death be proud, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones June 28, 2013August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Derek Zoolander, Jacques Demy, Henry James, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones May 24, 2013August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

My favorite films of 2012

by Drew Hunt December 27, 2012August 19, 2021

Top Ten Films of 2012

Posted inBlogs

Best comedy of 2012

by J.R. Jones December 19, 2012August 19, 2021

Best of 2012 Countdown: Comedy

Commedia della noche
Posted inFilm

Sleepwalk With Me considers romance from A to Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z

by J.R. Jones August 29, 2012August 19, 2021

Mike Birbiglia’s Sleepwalk With Me looks at love and sleep disorder

Posted inBlogs

Now showing: Wanderlust

by J.R. Jones February 24, 2012August 19, 2021

Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston are New Yorkers experiencing a hippie commune in the latest from Role Models director David Wain

Posted inBlogs

Stella vision

by Andrea Gronvall July 17, 2007August 19, 2021

Michael Ian Black rebounds after being snubbed by MGM.

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