by Brendan O'Malley
April 23, 2016
At Friday’s taping of David Cross’ Netflix special, the Paramount Theatre began to take on the hue of an acid rain cloud. Some of that was because the production team had chosen a blueish-purple lighting scheme, but the comedian, in the fourth month of his “Making America Great Again!!” tour, was also in prime form, hitting new levels of acrid genius.
Read Sean L. Malin's full review at AustinChronicle.com
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by Brendan O'Malley
March 27, 2016
To understand the appeal of Donald J. Trump, shift your focus from political pundits (who have repeatedly underestimated him) to stand-up comics. One reason Amy Schumer, Chris Rock and Louis C.K. are among the most trusted figures in popular culture is that they bluntly articulate the dark things people think but don’t say. Presidential front-runners have traditionally taken a more diplomatic approach, but Mr. Trump broke the mold, dispensing with scripted speeches while trafficking in...
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by Brendan O'Malley
March 21, 2016
David Cross last did the standup circuit in 2010, but his status as one of America’s top comics remains intact. He’s in the midst of a 50-date tour and has been selling many of those dates out; he’s certain to draw a full house at each of his three shows at the Wilbur Theatre, two evening gigs on Sunday March 27 and one Tuesday March 29.
Read Jim Sullivan's interview on the WBUR Boston website.
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by Brendan O'Malley
February 12, 2016
When David Cross enters the designated interview room at his publicist's office, he sits through about half a question before trying to steal my interview notes and start riffing. "Let me take a look at those," he says. When I pull them away, he goes, "No?" and laughs. "All right."
Read Kory Grow's full interview on RollingStone.com
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by Brendan O'Malley
February 12, 2016
Two months into his first stand-up tour in six years, comic David Cross announced the addition of 15 dates Monday morning to his busy schedule of 53 cities. Already Cross's biggest and most ambitious run of shows, new dates of the Making America Great Again tour will allow the comedian to do the show as much as possible before his planned taping at the Moontower Comedy Festival in April finds a wider release. Read Kory Grow's full interview on RollingStone.com...
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by Brendan O'Malley
February 12, 2016
The distinctive comedy of David Cross may be most widely known from his role as the eccentric Tobias Fünke on the television show “Arrested Development.” But he gained fans from his HBO sketch comedy series with Bob Odenkirk, “Mr. Show,” two decades ago, revived recently on Netflix as “W/Bob and David.”
Read Roger Catlin's full interview on WashingtonPost.com
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by Brendan O'Malley
January 26, 2016
For David Cross, the anxiety dreams have begun. And that’s a good thing.
It’s been five years since the actor/comedian/writer has been on the road with a stand-up act. His last tour was in support of his book “I Drink for a Reason,” and this time, he’s in support of his physical rehabilitation.
Read Chad Jones's full article on SFGate.com
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by Brendan O'Malley
October 30, 2015
Ask a question of David Cross or Bob Odenkirk — say, how’s it going? — and either can answer for both of them. “Collectively, we’re good,” Mr. Cross said in a recent telephone conversation with this comedy duo that pioneered a style of rapid-fire, absurdist and acidly cynical sketches on the HBO series, “Mr. Show With Bob and David,” which ran from 1995 to 1998.
Read Dave Iztkoff's full article and interview on NYTimes.com
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by Brendan O'Malley
February 14, 2015
If you know comedian David Cross, chances are you recognize him from his role as Tobias in the TV comedy Arrested Development. Now Cross is making his directorial debut with the dark comedy Hits, a film that explores how easy it is to become famous in our celebrity-obsessed culture.To read the full interview, visit NPR.org
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by Brendan O'Malley
February 12, 2015
Hits is a terrific film whose (apparently) controversial conclusion is earned. It’s a deeply entertaining, compassionate, awkward, and funny film and an excellent feature debut by Cross.
Read Alee Karim's full review on UnderTheRadarMag.com
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by Brendan O'Malley
February 11, 2015
As a young comic, David Cross plugged away at his stand-up for fourteen years before finding success with Mr. Show. It's understandable his feature-film directorial debut, Hits, gives side-eye to YouTube stars who take a shortcut.
Read Amy Nicholson's full review on VillageVoice.com
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by Brendan O'Malley
January 22, 2014
PARK CITY, UTAH: The phrase “equal-opportunity offender” is tossed around with such shrugging carelessness that it’s all but lost its fangs; you mostly hear it used by shock jocks and racists. But it seems about the only appropriate way to describe the authorial voice of stand-up comic, Mr. Show co-creator, and, now, feature filmmaker David Cross, whose debut picture Hits premiered last night at the Sundance Film Festival. In it, Cross faces the rather challenging task of sustaining a...
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