When I heard Rob Reiner was planning to direct a documentary on a true comic icon and genius named Albert Brooks, I thought “Now this will be good!” Reiner (When Harry Met Sally, A Few Good Men, Stand ...

The term “genius” gets bandied around too loosely, but the who’s who of voices assembled for “Albert Brooks: Defending My Life” make a strong case for its subject, both as a comedian and filmmaker.

Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...

HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 11 guest star, comedian Albert Brooks was maybe a small nod to his brother Bob Einstein, who played Marty Funkhouser for several seasons of the series. Einstein died ...

When you get the opportunity to interview Rob Reiner and Albert Brooks together it is indeed a special occasion. And that is just what I got to do earlier this week when they joined me at our Deadline ...

Rob Reiner and his forever pal Albert Brooks sit in a restaurant booth talking, and that’s it: Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (now streaming on Max), a biographical documentary, emerges. Reiner has ...

Rob Reiner famously launched his filmmaking career with the 1984 mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap.” But now, after four decades of features, including such ...

Albert Brooks thinks, or hopes, death will be like the deep sleep of a colonoscopy —“a big one.” Over cheesecake at a white tablecloth restaurant, the comedian is kibbitzing with his friend of over 50 ...

Along with being one of the most inventive, unconventional comedians of the last 50 years, Albert Brooks has written, directed and starred in comedies that have a tendency to be way ahead of their ...