Directed by Richard Linklater and featuring a career best performance by Black, Bernie is a true-crime black-comedy that is both brilliantly funny and tragically heartfelt. Bernie’s Christian compassion leads him to Marjorie Nugent ( Shirley MacLaine), a widowed millionaire hated by the townspeople yet befriended by Bernie, with the two becoming inseparable, until Bernie kills her when their relationship turns into a torturous daily grind. Directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, American Splendor blends drama, comedy, documentary, and animation to make for a unique biopic experience, headlined by great performances, especially from Hope Davis, who plays Harvey’s ever patient wife, Joyce.īernie (2012): This true story stars Jack Black as Bernie Tiede, an assistant mortician in small town Carthage, Texas. James Franco also directs The Disaster Artist, which succeeds as a hilarious, at times uncomfortable, and even heartbreaking spectacle of how one of the worst films of all time was made.Īmerican Splendor (2008): Paul Giamattidelivers one of his best performances as Harvey Pekar, a lonely and depressed file clerk who expresses himself through his comic book series titled "American Splendor", which unexpectedly turns Harvey into a cult star. The Disaster Artist (2017): This award-winning biopic tells the story of how a young actor named Greg Sestero ( Dave Franco) befriends the mysterious and fearless Tommy Wiseau ( James Franco), a consistently out of work actor who decides to make his own feature film called The Room.
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