Comedy

A mainstay genre, as old as the hills, good for a laugh, light in tone, and not to be taken too seriously…

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Come As You Are (2019): Dir. Richard Wong
Feat. Grant Rosenmeyer, Hayden Szeto, Ravi Patel…; A remake of the acclaimed Belgian film 'Hasta La Vista', this endearing and often funny bro comedy follows three young men with disabilities who hit the road with a jaded nurse driver bound for a brothel in Montreal catering to people with special needs.
Climb, The (2019): Dir. Michael Angelo Covino
Feat. Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin, Gayle Rankin…; Expanding on their short film of the same name, friends Michael Angelo Corvino and Kyle Marvin write and star in this caustically funny portrait of their (fictionalised) friendship that spans seven chapters and several years.
Births, Deaths & Marriages (2019): Dir. Beatrice Joblin
Feat. Geraldine Brophy, Tess Jamieson-Karaha, Sophie Hambleton…; A cancelled wedding in Upper Hutt in 1994 sets the scene for this chaotic yet surprisingly deft domestic farce made on a credit-card budget. The "home video" aesthetic is at first off-putting, but it ultimately settles down and its gets most of the details right, with characters that have something to say…
Kajillionaire (2020): Dir. Miranda July
Feat. Evan Rachel Wood, Debra Winger, Gina Rodriguez…; Irreverent comedy from writer-director Miranda July (ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW) following a struggling family who survive on petty crime, and whose interdependence is interrupted by the arrival of an outsider (Gina Rodriguez). Evan Rachel Wood is both mesmerising and hilariously dead pan in her…
Misbehaviour (2020): Dir. Philippa Lowthorpe
Feat. Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Keeley Hawes…; Crowd pleasing comedy based on real life events in which a group of women disrupted the live broadcast of the 1970 Miss World competition to protest female objectification in beauty competitions. Keira Knightley plays notable activist Sally Alexander, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw is excellent as Miss Grenada…
Happiest Season (2020): Feat. Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Alison Brie…; A lesbian rom-com gets the Hollywood treatment with this instant Christmas classic from writer-director Clea DuVall. Kristen Stewart plays a woman who discovers that her girlfriend (Mackenzie Davis) is not out to her conservative parents right before they arrive for Xmas, prompting all manner of awkward…
Lucky Grandma (2019): Dir. Sasie Sealy
Feat. Tsai Chin, Hsiao-Yuan Ha, Michael Tow; A cranky, chain-smoking Grandma is the heroine of this accomplished and energetic comedy set in New York's Chinatown. After spending her life making an honest living and still not being able to afford her apartment, Grandma Wong (Tsai Chin in an inspired performance) steals a bag of cash from the Chinese…