Sundance: If anything, Judd Apatow and Neil Berkeley's documentary about the beloved, wonderfully honest comedian suffers from having too much good material.

Co-helmed by Neil Berkeley, the Sundance-premiering film delves into Bamford's mental health and professional journeys.

Stand-up comedy is best live - and often lived. Judd Apatow and comedy appreciator Neil Berkeley know this. In their admiring, at times achingly funny documentary "Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford ...

Comedy Works Entertainment will present MARIA BAMFORD coming to the Paramount Theatre in Denver on Saturday, December 12, 2026 at 7:30pm. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 13th at 10:00am.

Comedian Maria Bamford says she is endlessly baffled by the adulation she receives from her stand-up comedy peers. Marc Maron ...

The Maria Bamford Story, he turns his lens toward a living subject, and the result is less essential. Co-directed with Neil ...

Those Reiner and Lynch interviews hit hard; they better help us understand the gravity and urgency of the record. Apatow's deft turn into one of Hollywood's innovative historians for comedy further ...

Let’s break the bad news this way. Maria Bamford’s new Netflix series isn’t a disaster. It’s sometimes funny — it’s got comic genius Maria Bamford in almost every scene! — but only its finest moments ...

Comedian and actress Maria Bamford attends the American Comedy Awards at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. Credit: Shuttertstock / Debby Wong Maria Bamford turns her mental chaos into comedy, and ...