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Subgenre Sampler

 
Corpse BrideCorpse Bride (Tim Burton's Corpse Bride) (2005) Recommended
Dir. Tim Burton, Mike Johnson
Feat. Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson
An animated tour–de–force from dir. Burton which fuses spindley puppetry and subtle CGI for its mythic tale of a sallow young bridegroom…
Daltry CalhounDaltry Calhoun (2005)
Dir. Katrina Holden Bronson
Feat. Elizabeth Banks, Johnny Knoxville, Beth Grant
'Bachelor father' black comedy set in Tennessee sees ordinary Southern lad Calhoun (Knoxville) have his life turned upside down by the appearance of…
Death of Mr Lazarescu, TheDeath of Mr Lazarescu, The (2005) Recommended
Dir. Cristi Puiu
Feat. Ion Fiscuteanu, Luminita Gheorghiu
Whirling, labyrinthine black comedy follows with interest the Kafkaesque plight of an ailing elderly drunk, whose stomach pains are met with…
Evil AliensEvil Aliens (2005)
Dir. Jake West
Riotous horror–comedy in the shamelessly low–rent tradition of BAD TASTE, in which a tabloid TV presenter gathers up her film crew to…
Ferpect CrimeFerpect Crime (Crimen Ferpecto) (2005) Recommended
Dir. Alex de la Iglesia
Feat. Guillermo Toledo, Monica Cervera
A spunky Spanish black comedy set almost entirely in a department store, where an obnoxious playboy salesman is blackmailed by a…
IcemakerIcemaker (Diamond Zero) (2005)
Dir. Annelie Wilder, David Gaz
Feat. Bronson Pinchot, Leo Rossi, Tippi Hedren
Dark comedy centred around the idea of turning the deceased into diamonds involves an enterprising doctor latching onto this invention with the idea…
Keeping MumKeeping Mum (2005) Recommended
Dir. Niall Johnson
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith
In the best English tradition of addled and yet deadly black comedy, this unravels the goings–on in a cute village, where the vicar (Atkinson)…
Malice Aforethought (TV Mini-series)Malice Aforethought (TV Mini-series) (2005)
Dir. David Blair
Feat. Ben Miller, Barbara Flynn, Megan Dods
Ironically fashioned PBS tele–mystery has a frustrated doctor (Miller) driven to dose his overbearing wife (Flynn) with poisons, but having to…
Pretty PersuasionPretty Persuasion (2005)
Dir. Marcos Siega
Feat. Evan Rachel Wood, Ron Livingston, James Woods
A malicious student (Evan Rachel Wood) connives with her cowed classmates to lay a false claim of sexual harrassment against a drama teacher…
Six Feet Under - Season 5 (TV Series)Six Feet Under - Season 5 (TV Series) (2005) Recommended
Feat. Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy
Fifth and final season of the acclaimed HBO drama set around a funeral home. 12 episodes over 5 discs: A Coat of White Primer, Dancing for Me,…

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