Main content | Search | Section navigation menu | Site-wide navigation menu

Main menu

 
 
 

Subgenre Sampler

 
Big Bad WolvesBig Bad Wolves (2013)
Dir. Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado
Feat. Lior Ashkenazi, Tzahi Grad
A bold, gruesome satire on Israel's militarised culture, this black comedy about three Israeli men who abduct a school teacher upon suspicion that he…
Cheap ThrillsCheap Thrills (2013) Aro Favourite
Dir. E.L. Katz
Feat. Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, Sara Paxton
A devilishly effective black comedy about a pair of old friends who enter into an increasingly bloody game of one–upmanship with a wealthy…
Dom HemingwayDom Hemingway (2013) Recommended
Dir. Richard Shepard
Feat. Jude Law, Emilia Clarke, Kerry Condon
Jude Law plays a gloriously profane ex–con trying to make it or break it on the streets of London after 12 years in the slammer. Messily…
Family, TheFamily, The (2013)
Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron
In this stylised black comedy, De Niro sends himself up (yet again) as the patriarch of a mafia family shipped off to France under witness…
FilthFilth (2013)
Dir. Jon S. Baird
Feat. Jamie Bell, Imogen Poots, James McAvoy
James McAvoy plays a self–destructing copper whose corruption and bigotry manifest in a spiral of sex, drugs and violence. From an Irving Welsh…
Getting On (TV Series)Getting On (TV Series) (2013)
Feat. Laurie Metcalf, Alex Borstein, Niecy Nash
Serio–comic HBO remake of the British satirical series about a geriatric ward and the relationship between its patients and medical…
Wolf of Wall Street, TheWolf of Wall Street, The (2013) Aro Favourite
Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie
Martin Scorsese directs this dazzling biopic of the deplorable life and times of stockbroker Jordan Belfort, a notorious Wall Street upstart who…
Brass Teapot, TheBrass Teapot, The (2012) Recommended
Dir. Ramaa Mosley
Feat. Juno Temple, Michael Angarano, Alexis Bledel
This light–hearted black comedy tackles the economic doldrums with a quirky allegory, in which a down–on–their–luck couple…
How to Meet Girls from a DistanceHow to Meet Girls from a Distance (2012) Recommended
Dir. Dean Hewison
Feat. Richard Falkner, Scarlet Hemingway, Jonathan Brugh
A "peeping–tom rom–com" with Richard Falkner surprisingly relatable as a well–intentioned stalker determined to woo the girl of his…
In the HouseIn the House (2012)
Dir. Francois Ozon
Feat. Fabrice Luchini, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner
Set in a literary milieu, this deliciously warped meta drama from dir. Francois Ozon concerns the writings of a precocious 16–year–old…

Results Page   Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Next    Show All

Display
Display
Order
Order