Talking to Brad Hall and Julia Louis-Dreyfus about their delightful new short film, Picture Paris, the conversation ranged from the intricacies of Parisian culture to the hilarious masturbation episode of Seinfeld.

In the Loop spews forth countless barrages of vulgar, sarcastic, cold, and eminently witty dialogue that only the British can raise to the level of high art.

Armando Iannucci's new film, In the Loop positively vibrated with Sundance buzz last January. It reaches New York theaters Friday.

In a new political comedy based on an award-winning BBC sitcom, Gandolfini plays a Pentagon General whose instincts for survival are maybe too finely honed. It's political vitriol in the grand, British tradition.