The 2011 documentary Looking for Lenny takes that as read. “Before Lenny Bruce, comics were really people who introduced strippers,” according to Mark Lonow, co-owner of The Improv.

The first documentary on the life and work of comedian Lenny Bruce offers up lengthy TV clips of Bruce in his prime and a rare, and very sad, interview conducted by journalist Nat Hentoff. The ...

Bruce, who overdosed in 1966 after famously fighting his prosecution on obscenity charges in New York, L.A. and San Francisco, is the subject of a new documentary, Looking for Lenny, which puts ...

There are no dirty words, only dirty minds.  Lenny Bruce, social critic and comedian popular in the early 1960s, was arrested eight times for speaking obscenities across his life.   For actor Ronnie ...

Essayist Clarence Page of The Chicago Tribune considers the late comedian Lenny Bruce.

Discover showtimes, read reviews, watch trailers, find streaming options, and see where to watch Dead Neon: The Many Faces of Lenny Bruce on Film (2023). Explore cast details and learn more on ...

In conjunction with the 95th anniversary of the birth of comedian Lenny Bruce (1925-1966) on October 13, we’re republishing Eric Danville’s touching and informative tribute, originally printed ...

Dustin Hoffman as Lenny Bruce in ‘Lenny’ (1974). Courtesy Toronto Jewish Film Festival Nearly 50 years after his landmark Carnegie Hall performance, and 44 years since his drug-related death ...

The university, which maintains a Lenny Bruce archive, bought the 12½-minute silent film at an auction, but details about its origin are sketchy.