Running on Empty: Living When the Clock is Ticking
Death can be a funny thing. Written and directed by Daniel Andre, Running on Empty tells...
Tag: dark comedy
Obituary – Making a living from death
“I found my voice now – a voice with murder as its means.” Something about the Irish experience...
The Estate – Shallow Greed
?Let?s go get . . . rich from that dying old bitch.? Avarice is the driving force in Dean Craig?s...
Days of Darkness – Are We in a New Dark Age?
[NOTE: I wrote this review in 2008 after seeing the film at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, expecting to publish it when it was released in the US. However, the film never got a release. I?ve often wondered what...
@Sundance: First Date
Sundance offers the chance for many first-time filmmakers to share their films. First Date is the...
Nimic – Short and Deep
We may not expect an Oscar nominated writer/directorto bring us a short film. But then we don?t...
The Favourite – Machiavellian Comedy
?I?m on my side. Always.? It isn?t news that politics can be a cutthroat sport. But in the hands...
Damsel – A Comedy (sort of) of Pessimism
In Damsel the Zellner Brothers play with some typical movie genres. As a result viewers are asked to wrap their minds around things that seem to not quite fit together, but in reality make for a quirky, yet enjoyable experience.
Bye Bye Germany – Moving to Life
the opening shot of Bye Bye Germany, we watch a three-legged dog happily trotting through a street that turns out to be in a post-war displaced persons camp in Frankfort. While that dog has next to nothing to do with the plot of this light-hearted (yet not quite comic) tale, it makes for an interesting way to understand the characters we meet.
Dying Laughing: 1on1 with Jim O’Heir (MIDDLE MAN)
For full audio of our interview with Jim, stream below: While he?s perhaps best known for his role...
The Big Sick – All The Feels
Recently, Steve Norton and I were lucky enough to attend an advance screening of The Big Sick in Toronto, which had two surprise guests ? Kumail Nanjiani and his wife, Emily V. Gordon! This film had already been released in...
Beatriz at Dinner – Visions of the American Dream
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, ?Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and...
The Brand New Testament – God’s Daughter Comes to Us
The film is a heavily satirical look at religion, but through that satire some of the basic questions that people have about life and its meaning are brought forward.