With ‘Bottoms’ and ‘Cocaine Bear,’ Brownstone Productions Is Reviving the R-Rated Comedy

Everyone remembers their first R-rated movie. Maybe you snuck into a theater trying to pass as 17, or maybe your parents didn’t care for censorship. Either way — whether it’s a movie with gore, expletives or nudity — that first experience leaves an impression. Max Handelman, who co-founded Brownstone Productions with his wife, Elizabeth Banks, recalls watching […]