Tag Archives: Black Comedy

Review: The Lighthouse (2019)

Posted on March 13, 2020 by

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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Review: Parasite (2019)

Posted on January 29, 2020 by

I fell in love with the genre-hopping, tonally-tromboning work of South Korean firebrand Bong Joon-ho at university and ended up writing my dissertation on how his films represent fractured families and Korean culture. I’ve been waiting for PARASITE for what … Continue reading →

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Border (2018) Review

Posted on September 16, 2019 by

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Review: Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood (2019)

Posted on September 4, 2019 by

The release of a new Quentin Tarantino film is an event. Even if it’s not his 9th. It’s really not his 9th – by my count it’s either 10th or 11th. You generally know what to expect from QT, so … Continue reading →

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60s Review: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Posted on July 5, 2019 by

When author Terry Pratchett wrote about his time working as a publicist for a nuclear plant, he described how he came to realise that there’s no funnier phrase than “two completely independent failsafe systems”. The extent to which everything goes … Continue reading →

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The Fine Art of Black Comedy or Why It’s OK to Laugh When We Shouldn’t

Posted on March 28, 2019 by

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Review in Brief: Paddleton (2019)

Posted on March 6, 2019 by

“An oncologist…that’s the cancer one?” Yes, PADDLETON is a “cancer movie”. It’s also an indie road movie involving two guys struggling to articulate their feelings. But I don’t think all that many of either look at both sides of terminal … Continue reading →

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Review: The Favourite (2018)

Posted on January 23, 2019 by

Queen Anne is a British monarch often overlooked, dismissed, forgotten. I’m into my history and I would have struggled to tell you much about her reign before watching THE FAVOURITE. The film isn’t a history lesson, that’s not what writer-director … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)

Posted on January 8, 2019 by

The only implausible thing about Ben Wheatley’s latest jet-black dramedy is that any family would willingly submit to everyone being in the same location at the same time for anything other than a wedding or a funeral. We are sent … Continue reading →

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Review in Brief: Thoroughbreds (2017/18)

Posted on December 27, 2018 by

THOROUGHBREDS is made in its script. It’s deliciously dark and full of wittily pragmatic musings on humanity like “I have a perfectly healthy brain, it just doesn’t contain feelings”, and “The sawdust smells fantastic, but you’re still in a hamster … Continue reading →

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