Get Shorty (1995)

Director Barry Sonnenfeld’s smart, hip adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s novel zooms along, lampooning the movie business with periodic punches to the face. John Travolta is the ultra-cool Chili Palmer, a Miami mobster who wants to be a Hollywood producer.

d: Barry Sonnenfeld | imdb.com | trailer | I’m Ray Barboni.

Kicking and Screaming (1995)

The year after college is the hardest for four friends who end up hanging out around school and talking about nothing. Chris Eigeman, Parker Posey and Eric Stoltz (as the career student) steal a wonderfully funny movie about not growing up.

d: Noah Baumbach | imdb.com | trailer | Life after college

Crumb (1995)

Underground comic artist Robert Crumb offers unfettered access and self-examination in a documentary about his life and work. Funny and fascinating, the movie covers Crumb’s more controversial comics and how they were informed by his dysfunctional family.

d: Terry Zwigoff | imdb.com | trailer | I enjoy drawing.