Hollywood Screwballs

Wisecracks wait in the wings with the much-anticipated ‘Hollywood Screwballs’ program set to screen at GOMA from July 28 to September 3, 2023.

The screwball comedy is one of the great treasures of American cinema. Bursting on to screen in the 1930s, these fast-talking farces subverted the conventions of romantic comedies with acid-tongued wit and slapstick silliness.

Famously described by critic Andrew Sarris as ‘sex comedies without the sex’, screwball comedies had their would-be couples evading the censorious Hays Code with artful innuendo and risqué repartee.

GOMA’s ‘Hollywood Screwballs’ brings together a selection of canonical classics, and revisionist romps of the screwball comedy genre.

With all films screening on 35mm, sourced from film archives around the world, this is one cinema event not to be missed!

Special Event - Free Talk: Til Death Do Us Repartee - Cinema A, GOMA

Join film critic Keva York as they examine the anatomy and evolution of this still-beguiling genre in this free talk. Fast-talking, fiercely witty, and full of tantalising innuendo, the 1930s witnessed the rise of a new kind of unconventional romantic comedies with a deliciously satiric tang. Sat Jul 29 11-11.45am. Free, no bookings required 

*Need to know -  Buy 5+ tickets to receive a 10% discount; buy 10 tickets to receive a 20% discount.

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