A rollicking, inventive adaptation of the classic 18th Century comic novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne. A well-known though not necessarily widely read ...

As a longtime fan of the book Tristram Shandy, I was tremendously excited to see it finally brought to film, and more so as it starred one of my favorite comedians, Steve Coogan, and was being ...

Michael Winterbottom's latest comedy is Tristam Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story. It's based on an experimental comic novel from the 18th century. The movie is as tricky as its source material. THE LIFE ...

“Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story” isn’t the cinematic adaptation of Laurence Sterne’s “The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy.” Instead, it’s a movie about the making of a movie based on the ...

Meanwhile, Lars von Trier‘s live iChat with patrons at New York’s IFC Center contributed to a strong opening there last weekend for “Manderlay,” his IFC-distributed Brechtian condemnation of America’s ...

Michael Winterbottom's prankish literary adaptation Tristram Shandy: A Cock And Bull Story has about a dozen layers of in-joke, and up to the eighth or ninth layer, they mostly work. The movie is ...

Is there any genre British director Michael Winterbottom won’t attempt? From social drama (Welcome to Sarajevo) to science fiction (Code 46) to hip comedy (24 Hour Party People) to erotica (9 Songs), ...

Laurence Sterne’s 18th-century masterpiece The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman is still the best of all avant-garde novels, and most of the fun of watching this screen version is ...