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November 19, 2024

NBCUniversal-Backed TV Crime Drama ‘Rubber Faced Men’ Tops 2024 Brit List

The annual lineup of top unproduced film and TV scripts from emerging British screenwriting talent is now into its 16th edition

Cordelia Review | Film Threat

With its lush cinematography, archaically creepy set design, and outstanding balancing acts from both Campbell-Hughes and Flynn, it’s never muddied to the point of being opaque and remains enthralling throughout...

October 16, 2023

Maxine Peake, Martin Freeman's 'Funny Cow' snapped up by eOne

Entertainment One (eOne) has pre-bought UK rights to comedy-drama Funny Cow from Moviehouse Entertainment.

October 16, 2023

Maxine Peake and Vic Reeves star in film to be released later this year

Filming for a major new comedy-drama is taking place in Saltaire.

October 16, 2023

Maxine Peake goes back to the '70s in blonde wig and fur coat as she prepares to shoot scenes for new drama Funny Cow

She takes a prominent role in new period drama Funny Cow. And Maxine Peake, 42, looked markedly different on set in West Yorkshire sporting a blonde wig and furry coat on Wednesday afternoon. The Silk actress, who takes the lead in the 70s set film, oozed old-school glamour in a sophisticated burgundy frock as she continued to film scenes.

October 16, 2023

Star-studded Funny Cow premiere

The film follows Maxine's character, known as 'Funny Cow', as she struggles to free herself from an abusive home life and later finds herself drawn to the stand-up circuit of Northern England’s working men's clubs

October 16, 2023

‘Funny Cow’: Film Review | London 2017

Maxine Peake stars as a working-class woman who longs to be a stand-up comedian in 'Funny Cow,' a British comedy-drama co-starring Paddy Considine and Stephen Graham.

October 16, 2023

Maxine Peake Goes For Laughs In The Funny Cow Trailer

It's already been drawing some positive buzz, and Peake looks to be delivering a typically great performance. With Adrian Shergold directing and Tony Pitts on script duty, the cast also includes Stephen Graham, Kevin Eldon and cameos from the likes of John Bishop and Vic Reeves.

October 16, 2023

"You can't beat making people laugh" Maxine Peake on playing Funny Cow in new film role

Actress Maxine Peake stars in a new movie about a northern stand-up comedian in the 1970s and 80s, and reveals how she had dreamed of a career in comedy herself

October 16, 2023

Funny Cow — Maxine Peake lights up strange stand-up story

Brilliantly caustic tale of an aspiring comedian in the murky 1970s north of England...

October 16, 2023

Funny Cow review – Maxine Peake blazes in the dark days of standup

Peake is hypnotically belligerent as an ambitious club performer trampling over prejudice and sticky carpets on the 1970s comedy circuit

October 16, 2023

Funny Cow is comedy that unashamedly presents racism, homophobia and misogyny to remind us just how far we’ve come

For every awful joke, there are some zingers delivered with blistering ferocity. Peake clearly relished the role and delivers some barbed gags with the weary venom you’d imagine Marti Caine to have conjured in her rise.

October 16, 2023

‘Funny Cow’ continues to garner great acclaim

Maxine Peake, a distinguished actress of TV and theatre, dominates this drama about a stand-up comedian with her transformative power.

October 16, 2023

Funny Cow review: Maxine Peake is wonderful as a female comedian

Some people are born to do what they do. They can’t be any other way. So it is with Maxine Peake’s heroine in the new British film Funny Cow, about a female comedian making her way in the northern clubs of the 1970s and 1980s.

October 16, 2023

The best films on demand

Playing a working-class woman from the north of England who, in the 1970s, tries to become a stand-up comedian, Maxine Peake gives a strong performance in this drama. The character is opaque in some ways, but she clearly has the tough vitality required for her work in harsh pubs and clubs — settings the film depicts in all their dinginess. Dir: Adrian Shergold (2017)

October 16, 2023

Maxine Peake Reveals How She Became a Funny Cow in Comedy-Drama’s Exclusive Clip

Building up the backbone to share their funnybone can be a challenge for any aspiring comedian, but it’s especially difficult for a woman who longs to be in the spotlight that’s usually occupied by men. But actress Maxine Peake is proving that despite her seemingly innocent and pure nature, she can actually be quite glamorous and sophisticated on stage. The performer’s proving her comedic talents in her new British film, ‘Funny Cow.’

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