113m; U.K.
Director: Nigel Cole
Cast: Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins and Andrea Riseborough
Synopsis: A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
Category Archives: Comedy
The Man in the White Suit (1951)
85m; U.K.
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Cast: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood and Cecil Parker
Synopsis (IMDB): An altruistic chemist invents a fabric that resists wear and stain as boon to humanity but both capital and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.
Moms on Strike (2003)
93m; U.S.
Director: James Keach
Cast: Faith Ford, Tim Matheson and Florence Henderson
Synopsis (IMDB): She was an overworked mom trying to get her family’s attention. She didn’t know she would become a national sensation.
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
124m; U.S.
Director: Charlie Chapin
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Mady Correll and Allison Roddan
Synopsis: Leaving the Little Tramp behind, Charles Chaplin plays a soft-spoken French gentleman who supports his children and crippled wife by marrying rich widows and killing them. Chaplin’s theme — that if war is the logical extension of diplomacy, then murder is the logical extension of business — is delivered in a series of darkly hilarious and elegantly staged comic sequences, culminating in another of the director’s poignant conclusions. Almost unanimously vilified upon its original release, it today takes its rightful place among Chaplin’s masterpieces.
Mouseland (1962?)
Available on YouTube
7:43m (includes intro by Kiefer Sutherland, Tommy Douglas’ grandson)
The Story of Mouseland was a story told first by Clarence Gillis, and later and most famously by Tommy Douglas, leader of the Saskatchewan Co-operative 
Commonwealth Federation and, later, the New Democratic Party of Canada, both social democraticparties. It was a political fable expressing the CCF’s view that the Canadian political system was flawed in offering voters a false dilemma: the choice of two parties, neither of which represented their interests.
The mice voted in black cats, which represented the Progressive Conservative Party, and then they found out how hard life was. Then they voted in the white cats, which symbolized the Liberal Party. The story goes on, and a mouse gets an idea that mice should run their government, not the cats. This mouse was accused of being a Bolshevik, and imprisoned. However, the speech concludes by saying you can lock up a mouse or a person, but you cannot lock up an idea.
Mr. Mom (1983)
91m; U.S.
Director: Stan Dragoti
Cast: Michael Keaton, Teri Garr and Fred Koehler
Synopsis (IMDB): Jack and Caroline are a couple making a decent living when Jack suddenly loses his job. They agree that he should stay at home and look after the house while Caroline works. It’s just that he’s never done it before, and really doesn’t have a clue.
Never Steal Anything Small (1959)
94m; U.S.
Director: Charles Lederer
Cast: James Cagney, Shirley Jones and Roger Smith
Synopsis (IMDB): Jake MacIllaney will do just about anything to win the presidential election of longshoreman union Local 26. When he encounters young upright attorney Dan Cabot and Cabot’s attractive wife, Linda, MacIllaney breaks up their marriage, pursues Linda, and pins a grand larceny rap on Dan. And all set to music!
Number One (2009)
86m; Morocco
Director: Zakia Tahiri
Cast: Aziz Saâdallah, Nezha Rahile and Chantal Ladesou
Synopsis: A Moroccan comedy about a grumpy, cruel factory manager whose outlook on life changes when his wife slips him a potion that renders him sympathetic toward everyone he meets.
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On the Right Track (1981)
97m; U.S.
Director: Lee Philips
Cast: Gary Coleman, Maureen Stapleton and Norman Fell
Synopsis (IMDB): Lester is a homeless shoeshine boy living in a railway station. He’s got this funny knack for picking the winning horses’ names out of the paper while shining shoes. When word gets around, though, everyone wants a piece of the action.
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