Janeane Garofalo

Janeane Garofalo
Date of Birth: 28 Sep 1964
Country: USA
Biography: Janeane Garofalo (pronounced /dʒəˈniːn ɡəˈrɒfəloʊ/; born September 28, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, political activist and writer. She is the former co-host on the now defunct Air America Radio's The Majority Report. Garofalo continues to circulate regularly within New York City's local comedy and performance art scene...(Wikipedia)
Total Credits at Criticker: 81 (Actor), 1 (Writer)
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The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Rocky and Bullwinkle have been living off the finances made from the reruns of their cartoon show. Boris and Natasha somehow manage to crossover into reality and team up with Fearless Leader, an evil criminal turned media mogul with some evil plans up his sleeve. Rocky and Bullwinkle must stop the three of them before they wreak havoc. (imdb)
Big Trouble
From the creative mind of Pulitzer winner Dave Barry, comes a film following a chain of events inspired by the arrival of a mysterious suitcase in Miami. Arthur Herk, a corrupt business owner, wants to get his hands on the case. At the same time, two hit men want him whacked. Tired of his constant fixation on drinking and television, Herk's wife Anna and daughter Jenny decide to find new love interests in divorced dad Eliot Arnold and his son Matt... (imdb)
Clay Pigeons
Some killers are strange, some are deranged, and some are just plain psycho.
Dog Park
A romantic comedy about a group of twenty-something dog owners who search for love and friendship amidst the confusion of the dating scene. The story focuses on Andy, a relationship addict who's just sworn off women. That is until he meets Lorna, the woman of his dreams. (Independent Pictures)
Dogma
The latest battle in the eternal war between Good and Evil has come to New Jersey in the late, late 20th Century. In Kevin Smith's comic fantasia Dogma, angels, demons, apostles and prophets (of a sort) walk among the cynics and innocents of America and duke it out for the fate of humankind. (Lions Gate Films)
Half Baked
After Kenny accidentaly kills a cop's diabetic horse by feeding it the food he purchased from a munchie run, he is put in jail and is given a 1 million dollar bail. The rest of the group must bail Kenny out before Nasty Nate gets to him. The group decides to sell marijuana that Thurgood gets through his job as a janitor at a pharmaceutical lab. They become pals with rap star Sir Smoke-A-Lot and the rivals of dealer Samson Simpson... (imdb)
The Independent
A notorious B-movie director tries for a comeback by seeking out the film rights to the life story of a serial killer who wants his biography film to be a musical. (imdb)
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
This film follows the legacy of Jiminy Glick who went on to get (non)-critical acclaim for his talk show "Primetime Glick," where Mr. Glick interviewed countless celebrities (which usually ended in verbally - sometimes physically - insulting/assaulting them). Now comes "La La Wood" - Jiminy Glick's home. This is his story (sort of).
The Minus Man
Vann Siegert (Wilson) is a kind, unnoticeable drifter who rolls into a quaint coastal town looking to start over. (Shooting Gallery)
Mystery Men
By day, they're a bunch of losers, but by night, they're the Mystery Men...a rag team of superhero wannabes who emerge from the darkness to fight the evil madman Cassanova Frankenstein and his disco-dancing henchmen. (Universal Pictures)
Romy and Michele\
Two women get into a lot of trouble when they go to their high school reunion and lie about their lives after twelfth grade.
Steal This Movie!
Five years after Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman goes underground to avoid a drug-related prison sentence, he contacts a reporter to get out the story of the FBI's covert spying, harassment and inciting of violence they then blame on the Left. The skeptical reporter interview's Anita, Hoffman's wife, a single mom on welfare in New York City; Hoffman's attorney, Gerry Lefcourt; and others... (imdb)
Titan A.E.
The year is 3028 and mankind has conquered space. However, with new freedom comes new enemies, forcing Earth to prepare for an attack by the Drej, a vicious alien race.
Wet Hot American Summer
Set on the last day of camp, in the hot summer of 1981, Wet Hot American Summer follows a group of counselors who are each trying to complete their unfinished business before the day ends. (Eureka Pictures)
What Planet Are You From?
A highly-evolved planet, whose denizens feel no emotion and reproduce by cloning, plans to take over Earth from the inside by sending an operative, fashioned with a humming, mechanical penis, to impregnate an earthling and stay until the birth. The alien, Harold Anderson, goes to Phoenix as a banker and sets to work finding a mate. His approaches to women are inept, and the humming phallus doesn't help, but on the advice of a banking colleague, he cruises an AA meeting... (imdb)
Wonderland
Wonderland explores, in "Rashomon"-like fashion, the brutal multiple murders that took place high atop Wonderland Avenue in L.A.'s Laurel Canyon during the summer of 1981. At first the case seemed to involve only the usual strung-out drug dealers and party hounds, but it quickly became elevated to classic L.A. noir when it was discovered to be connected to the infamous porn king John C. Holmes. (Lions Gate Films)
200 Cigarettes
It's New Year's Eve 1981, and a wild assortment of comic characters are looking for romance in NYC's rollicking East Village. Can a poser, a hunk, a teeny bopper, a gabby cabbie, a cute klutz, and a bevy of too-cool-to-cope artists find love before the stroke of midnight? [Paramount]
Stay
In this psychological thriller, a distraught young man announces to his psychiatrist that he plans to commit suicide in three days. The psychiatrist's desperate attempts to help his new patient lead him through the city on an incredible, nightmarish trip to the place between life and death. (20th Century Fox)
Duane Hopwood
Rich in the details of daily life, wistful and wise, Duane Hopwood is the story of a man who comes back from the brink, and is finally able to celebrate life in all its imperfections. (IFC Films)
The Cable Guy
A lonely and disturbed cable guy raised on television just wants a new friend, but his target, a designer, rejects him, with bad consequences. (imdb)
Permanent Midnight
Comedy writer Jerry Stahl (Ben Stiller), whose $6000-a-week heroin habit had him taking his infant daughter along on his drug runs and doing smack during TV script conferences (imdb)
The Truth About Cats & Dogs
A successful veternarian & radio show host with low self-esteem asks her model friend to impersonate her when a handsome man wants to see her. (imdb)
Reality Bites
Generation X Graduates face life after college with a filmmaker looking for work and love in Houston. (imdb)
The Wild
An odd assortment of animals from the New York Zoo including a lion, a giraffe, an anaconda, a koala and a squirrel discover what a jungle the city can be when they set off on a daring mission to rescue one of their own in this outrageous, computer-animated comedy-adventure. (Disney)
Now and Then
Four 12-year-old girls grow up together during an eventful small-town summer in 1970. (imdb)
Larger Than Life
A motivational speaker discovers that the inheritance his father left for him is in the form of an elephant. (imdb)
The Laramie Project
The true story of an American town in the wake of the murder of Matthew Shepherd.
Fuck
A definitive look at the infamous expletive, this film explores how this oft-used word, still widely seen as obscene, somehow permeates every aspect of our culture - from Hollywood, to the schoolyard, to the Senate floor in Washington, D.C., where it is at the very center of the ongoing debate on free speech. (ThinkFilm)
Thick as Thieves
Two master thieves go at odds with one another as one sets the other up for a crime. The first (Alec Baldwin), a suave pro who does his job and then hides in his own privacy, listening to old jazz records and caring for his ailing dog, Wally. The other (Michael Jai White) is a local gangster with a taste for the finer life, who decides to eliminate the competition. This ignites a war between the two men and their aides.(imdb)
America Undercover
Ratatouille
Welcome to a entirely new and original world where the unthinkable combination of a rat and a 5-star gourmet restaurant come together for the ultimate fish-out-of-water tale. (Disney)
The Ten
The Ten is comprised of ten blasphemous and hysterical stories inspired by the Biblical Commandments, each told in a different style, but with characters and themes that overlap. The film is held together by a narrator who, in turn, has his own moral problems. (THINKFilm)
The MatchMaker
Marcy is an assistant to Senator John McGlory, who is having problems with a re-election campaign. Desperate for Irish votes, McGlory's chief of staff Nick sends Marcy to Ireland to trace McGlory's relatives or ancestors. Marcy arrives at the village of Ballinagra when it is preparing for an annual Matchmaking Festival. A well-dressed, handsome and single young lady, she becomes the center of attention for two professional matchmakers, Dermot and Millie, as well as for bartender Sean. (imdb)
Bye Bye Love
This is a story about the breakup of the family. In particular, it focuses on the lifestyle of three divorced men. The film is presented from their perspective and it reveals their relationship with their children, ex-wives, girl friends, male friendships, and their identities as divorced men. In addition to dealing with divorce, the film touches on spousal loss and young adult homelessness. The film can be considered a social commentary that is both comical and emotional. (imdb)
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway
Barney Snow (Wood) wakes up in a hospital with no memories but his name & recurring images of a car crash. With little else to go on, he makes the place his temporary home and soon learns that all of the other residents in this youth clinic are dying from terminal illnesses - except him. When another patient, Mazzo (Perrino), asks Barney to play host for his visiting twin sister Cassie (Cook), the two strike up a fast friendship that blooms into romance and promises a fresh start for Barney... (IMDb.com)
Nobody Knows Anything!
For Sarah Wilder making a movie in Hollywood looked easy. With the guidance of her has been screenwriter uncle this sexy aspiring filmmaker embarks on a wild journey into the world of Hollywood where she encounters crazy studio executives insane producers and a gangster who agrees to finance her film for a price. In an effort to find the universal truth about movies sex and life Sarah comes across a cast of zany characters and to her surprise discovers that NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING! (Amazon)
When Stand Up Stood Out
Documentary covering what came to be known as "The Boston Gold Rush" of the late 1970s and early 1980s, when Boston stand-up comedians like Dennis Leary, Steven Wright and Colin Quinn burst upon the national scene, giving audiences a taste of the hard-edged social and political commentary that came out of that city. (imdb)
I Shot a Man in Vegas
Some friends meet each other at a bar in Vegas. After many drinks someone gets shot by his "friend". They decide to hide the body in the trunk of their car and drive to L.A. where they can get help disposing of the body. Each person in the car describes what happened when the guy got shot. Along the way they start to change their minds about this decision. Will they make it or do they get caught ? (imdb)
Coldblooded
Cosmo, an affectless mob bookie who lives in the basement of a retirement home, is promoted to hitman. He learns his new trade from Steve, a seasoned killer. He falls in love with a yoga teacher, Jasmine, and must figure out a way to leave the mob so they can be together. (imdb)
Tales of the City
Tales of the City (1993) - TV Mini-Series
The stories of several colorful characters living in San Francisco. Based on the book by Armistead Maupin (A Man I Dreamt Up). (imdb)
Love Hurts
A newly separated father has to learn how to date again with help from his teenage son who himself dreams of conquering one girl's heart.
Touch
Former monk Juvenal (Skeet Ulrich) returns to Los Angeles after many years away and begins work at a rehab center, where he discovers stigmata on his palms and a miraculous gift for healing. As word gets out, con man Bill Hill (Christopher Walken) sends his accomplice, Lynn Faulkner (Bridget Fonda), to infiltrate Juvenal's world and find out whether he's the real deal. Of course, she falls for him. This comedy is based on a novel by Elmore Leonard.
Idiots
Idiots (2010) - Short Film
Zoe Saldana and Kate Bosworth's child-like characters annoy a bartender played by Janeane Garofalo and wow a customer played by Greg Grunberg. Add Jason Lewis and Victor Webster into the mix and you've got a short short not to be missed. (imdb)
Outlaw Comic: The Censoring of Bill Hicks
A documentary on the career of Bill Hicks and the war U.S. censorship waged against him.
Janeane Garofalo: If You Will
Emmy-nominated actress, activist and comedian Janeane Garofalo takes the stage at the historic Moore Theatre in Seattle, and with her trademark biting wit skewers the sacred cows of modern life, from Twitter to the Department of Homeland Security. During the course of her hourlong stand-up routine, Garofalo also delights the crowd with her warped and incisive perspectives on sobriety, unemployment, sex, Natalie Portman and more. (Netflix)
The Search for John Gissing
Matthew Barnes is a young exec on the move up who finds himself a pawn in corporate in-fighting when he's sent to London to oversee a merger. He's to replace John Gissing; Gissing's gotten wind of it, and he makes sure that Matthew and his wife Linda, who has dutifully but reluctantly come to England, have a miserable first few days there. (imdb)
Tanner on Tanner
"Everybody's Making Pictures," observes Martin Scorsese in this sly sequel to Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau's Emmy Award-winning satirical miniseries, Tanner '88. Sixteen years after Jack Tanner (Michael Murphy) ran for president, his filmmaker daughter Alex (Cynthia Nixon) is making a documentary about her dad's dark horse campaign. At least, that's the plan - until a disastrous screening sends Alex back to the drawing board, and on to the 2004 Democratic National Convention. (jddempst)
Mighty Fine
Joe Fine moves his family from Brooklyn to New Orleans, where his dreams and extravagance far exceed his means. (imdb)
Girl\
Mary has never gotten over her failed marriage and she refuses to open her heart again. But when she gets stuck on a cross-country road trip with her mother's lapdog, Binky, everything begins to change. (Netflix)
Barbershop Punk
Is "The Man" controlling the vertical, the horizontal and the channel you'll be on? In a privatized American Internet, is big business "Big Brother" or does the free market protect and serve the needs of the average citizen with its invisible hand? With the simple act of swapping files, barbershop quartet baritone Robb Topolski finds himself at ground zero of a landmark case whose outcome will affect the rights of every American citizen. (imdb)
Free the Nipple
An army of passionate women launch a revolution to "Free the Nipple" and decriminalize the female body. Based on a true story, this mass movement of topless women, armed with First Amendment lawyers, graffiti installations and national publicity stunts, invade New York City to protest the backwards censorship laws in the USA. (imdb)
The Larry Sanders Show
A comedic behind the scenes look at a late night talk show. (imdb)
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
Follow the counselors and campers on their first day at Camp Firewood in the summer of 1981.
TV Nation
TV Nation (1994) - TV Series
Micheal Moore presents a humorous newsmagazine that focuses primarily on wrongdoing by big business, privileged society and right-wing politicians. (imdb)
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behaviour
On the streets of San Francisco a team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Behavioral Analysis Unit use profiling to catch some of the most horrific serial killers and unidentifiable subjects. (imdb)
The American Side
Following a mysterious suicide at Niagara Falls, a low-rent detective unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention by enigmatic scientist, Nikola Tesla. (imdb)
The Ben Stiller Show
This comedy/variety show specialized in parodies of movies and television shows and commercials. Often, they would also have a special guest (e.g., a TV actor) join them in the comedy sketches, with hilarious results. (imdb)
Speech & Debate
Frustrated by the hypocrisy they see in their parents, teachers, and the entire school board, an unlikely trio set out to find a common truth and make their voices heard as they revive a defunct school club and take on the world. (imdb)
Little Boxes
An interracial family struggles to adjust when they move from New York City to a small, predominately white town in Washington State. (imdb)
Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World
Documentary presenting the realities of coming out in lesser developed countries. (imdb)
Sweethearts
Arliss goes to a coffee house to meet Jasmine on a blind date, but she's not quite what she seems. (imdb)
A Little Game
Ostracized at her new school and grief-stricken over her grandmother's death, a 10-year-old girl (Makenna Ballard) learns about persevering in the face of inevitable change from an irascible chessmaster (F. Murray Abraham).
Submission
A cynical college professor takes a keen interest in a talented young writing student. (imdb)
The Happys
Twenty-one year old Tracy walks in on her boyfriend Mark having sex with a man and decides to leave him. After assessing her limited options, she returns to Mark with a deal-if he agrees to marry her, she'll forget the incident ever happened. Mark accepts her terms, but neither fully understands the sacrifices they have to make.
3rd Street Blackout
A technology-obsessed couple is forced to examine their relationship during a blackout. (imdb)
Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate
Sequel to the 2016 comedy 'Hurricane Bianca'. (imdb)
A Bread Factory, Part One
After 40 years of running their community arts space, The Bread Factory, Dorothea and Greta are suddenly fighting for survival when a celebrity couple--performance artists from China--come to Checkford and build an enormous complex down the street catapulting big changes in their small town. (imdb)
The Shivering Truth
A series of loosely linked emotional parables about stories within tales that crawled out of the deepest caverns of your unconscious mind and became lovingly animated
Bad Parents
A suburban mom relives her season with the soccer obsessed sports parents whose outrageous "win at all costs" behavior spirals out of control. (imdb)
Younger - Season 7
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Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp - Season 1
The God Committee
An organ transplant committee has one hour to decide which of three patients deserves a life-saving heart. Seven years later, the committee members struggle with the consequences of that fateful decision.
The Apology
Twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, a recovering alcoholic is preparing to host her family's Christmas celebration when her estranged ex-bother-in-law arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret. (imdb)
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens - Season 3
Sticky: A (Self) Love Story
In this stimulating documentary, sexologists, authors, and others explore everything your mother was too embarrassed to tell you about masturbation. (tubi)
Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Season 3
Space Ghost Coast to Coast - Season 3
The Daily Show - Season 4
Stumptown - Season 1