Tag Archives: Black Comedy

Review in Brief: The Toll (2021)

Posted on September 14, 2021 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

You don’t get a Welsh gangster film every day, but THE TOLL makes you feel that’s a damn shame. It’s low-key stylish and non-linear, like PULP FICTION if it wasn’t as pleased with itself, with a rich seam of gallows … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Riders of Justice (2020)

Posted on August 21, 2021 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

From its fable-like opening to its really rather schmaltzy Christmas closing moments and all the sudden acts of violence in-between, Anders Thomas Jensen’s RIDERS OF JUSTICE consistently delivers the unexpected. Markus (Mads Mikkelsen) returns home from military deployment to look … Continue reading →

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‘Little Miss Sunshine’ at 15 – Review

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/little-miss-sunshine-review-15-years/ SSP

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Deerskin (2019) Review

Posted on July 17, 2021 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/deerskin-dupieux-movie-review/ SSP

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Review in Brief: Rare Beasts (2019/21)

Posted on June 24, 2021 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Billie Piper’s directorial debut RARE BEASTS is one of the funniest and most profound, but also perhaps the most uncomfortable of films to watch this year. From an opening dinner date scene incorporating discussion of “gummy blowjobs”, Piper is completely … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Black Bear (2020/21)

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

There have been plenty of meta, reality-bending films about writing a screenplay, many from this century made by Charlie Kaufman. BLACK BEAR boasts a wonderful performance from Aubrey Plaza as an actor turned-writer-director looking for inspiration, but asks you to … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: I Care a Lot (2020/21)

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

You can easily see why I CARE A LOT has been a divisive film. One ever-reliable truism to fall back on when talking about what makes a compelling film is that a protagonist doesn’t have to be likeable but they … Continue reading →

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Fargo at 25 – Review

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/fargo-25-movie-review/ SSP

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Memories of Murder (2003) Review

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

https://www.thefilmagazine.com/memories-of-murder-bongjoonho-movie-review/ SSP

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Review: The Lighthouse (2019)

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

THE LIGHTHOUSE is an experience, and no mistake, but it’s an experience I’d struggle to sell. Much like director Robert Eggers’ previous film THE WITCH, it’s fascinating, but it’s an acquired taste. Two lighthouse keepers (Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson) … Continue reading →

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