“American Splendor” represents a bold deconstruction of the fatigued biopic form. Not content to present the Cleveland-based Pekar’s life as anything resembling a straightforward narrative, Berman and ...

The late 70’s are a great period in filmmaking. The artists in charge of defining the decade changed the game, giving us Taxi Drivers and Godfathers and Mean Streets to grow up on. They pulled the ...

“American Splendor,” Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini’s quirky look at the life of underground comic book writer Harvey Pekar, was voted best picture of 2003 on Saturday by the National ...

"American Splendor," Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini's quirky look at the life of underground comic book writer Harvey Pekar, was voted best picture of 2003 Saturday by the National Society ...

Acclaimed cartoonists Josh Neufeld and Dean Haspiel have teamed up to launch Scene by Scene, a podcast devoted to the film American Splendor, the award-winning 2003 movie based on the life and work of ...

“American Splendor,” Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini’s quirky look at the life and times of Cleveland underground comic book writer Harvey Pekar, was voted best picture of 2003 by the Los ...

I'm proud to announce that fellow cartoonist Dean Haspiel and myself have launched a new weekly podcast: Scene by Scene with Josh and Dean. Debuting today, Scene by Scene focuses on the award-winning ...

It also helps serve Pekar’s spirit of acerbic humanism that Giamatti has been so perfectly cast. As a comic actor, he’s been fairly astonishing since his 1997 breakout as Howard Stern’s mad-dog radio ...

“American Splendor” was named top movie of the year by the National Society of Film Critics, topping “Mystic River” and “Lost in Translation” in Saturday’s balloting. The 55 critics also awarded ...

“American Splendor” represents a bold deconstruction of the fatigued biopic form. Not content to present the Cleveland-based Pekar’s life as anything resembling a straightforward narrative, Berman and ...

NO. 4 on my 10-best list last year, Splendor was a hit at Sundance, a hit at Cannes, and a hit at SIFF (the latter being no surprise, considering this town’s love of all things comic book–related).