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Subgenre Sampler

 
Beaver, TheBeaver, The (2011)
Dir. Jodie Foster
Feat. Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin
A haggard Mel Gibson adopts the persona of a beat–up hand puppet in an attempt to cope with his deteriorating mental health in this…
BernieBernie (2011) Recommended
Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Jack Black, Shirley Maclaine, Matthew McConaughey
A memorable (Jack) Black comedy about a gregarious Texas mortician who befriends a clingy spinster (Maclaine), with murderous results. The film's…
Black PondBlack Pond (2011)
Dir. Tom Kingsley, Will Sharpe
Feat. Chris Langham, Simon Amstell, Amanda Hadingue
Distinctive indie thriller from acclaimed up–and–coming UK writer–directors Tom Kingsley and Will Sharpe. A suburban man in a…
Dark HorseDark Horse (2011)
Dir. Todd Solondz
Feat. Jordan Gelber, Selma Blair, Mia Farrow
Todd Solondz's latest black comedy of discomfort, about a toy–obsessed thirty–something who enters into a relationship with a chronic…
Details, TheDetails, The (2011)
Dir. Jacob Aaron Estes
Feat. Tobey Maguire, Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney
A confidently delivered black comedy of a idealised suburban existence turned inside out, this stars Tobey Maguire as successful young doctor whose…
God Bless AmericaGod Bless America (2011) Recommended
Dir. Bobcat Goldthwait
Feat. Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr, Melinda Page Hamilton
Irrepressible writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait returns with another sizzling, charcoal–black comedy that takes aim at the worst proponents of…
HeadhuntersHeadhunters (2011) Recommended
Dir. Morten Tyldum
Feat. Aksel Hennie, Synnove Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Jo Nesbo's blockbusting crime novel about a corporate headhunter moonlighting as an art thief gets an appropriately energetic treatment, and with its…
HickHick (2011)
Dir. Derick Martini
Feat. Chloe Grace Moretz, Blake Lively, Rory Culkin
A strained, if mildly amusing redneck comedy of a small–town teenager who flees her abusive parents, only to hook up with a violent cowboy,…
Horrible BossesHorrible Bosses (2011)
Dir. Seth Gordon
Feat. Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Aniston
Savage workplace comedy about three long–suffering employees (Bateman, Day, Sudeikis) who plot to kill their respective…
JackpotJackpot (Jo Nesbo's Jackpot) (2011)
Dir. Magnus Martens
Feat. Kyrre Hellum, Mads Ousdal, Henrik Mestad
This second helping of Jo Nesbo's blackly comic tales has the hapless sole survivor of a strip club massacre taken in for questioning where his…

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