black comedy
The Coroner’s Assistant, an independent YouTube web series, has made a Y-shaped incision in my chest and neatly nestled itself in my heart.
Poor Things is a brilliantly weird odyssey of beauty and bile that goes down like a wonderfully bitter-and-sweet cocktail.
The Middle Man was a happy surprise that is fun and heartfelt, tragic and funny.
The Banshees of Inisherin is one of Martin McDonagh’s greatest and most assured efforts as a filmmaker yet.
It’s hard to imagine Noah Baumbach making a film about an apocalypse, yet this enigma-raveled concept perfectly encapsulates White Noise.
Promising Young Woman sacrifices its opportunity to deliver the ultimate revenge fantasy for something unexpectedly profound and, thematically necessary.
Little Monsters is a horror comedy with no scares, and a comic potential that runs out of steam by the time the premise kicks in.
Knives Out will appeal to fans of the detective mystery genre, fans of the astounding cast, or those who love Johnson’s subversively entertaining films.
Alfred Hitchc*ck’s oft-forgotten The Trouble With Harry delightfully blends small-town Americana with his usual penchant for droll humor and the macabre.
Donbass is the darkest of comedies, showing how wartime mania can fundamentally transform a nation overnight.
In the age of toxic masculinity at its most unbearably malignant, Fight Club is still an effective parody of the spread of hate between generations.
The Art of Self-Defense is not only a must-see, it’s an easy contender for the best film of the year so far.
Cold Pursuit is a rare English-language remake that actually works; a solid genre entry that knows what it wants to do, and does it damn well.
In our latest recap from the Tokyo International Film Festival coverage, Tynan Yanaga reviews Lust in a Karaoke Box and Melancholic.
Aided by a stellar central performance from Matt Dillon, The House That Jack Built is an unforgettable, uncomfortable nightmare, and one of the few films of the current age that more than lives up to its transgressive billing.
