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Chicago International Film Festival 2016: Part Two

Posted on 27 Oct 201622 Nov 2017 by Lackey
Chicago International Film Festival 2016: Part Two

A scathing horror-satire and a gritty eastern European crime drama

Posted in Chicago International Film Festival, Film FestivalsTagged Alice Lowe, Amok, black comedies, British movies, Chicago International Film Festival 2016, crime dramas, crime movies, horror comedies, horror movies, Macedonian movies, PrevengeLeave a comment

Fantastic Fest 2016: Day Eight

Posted on 30 Sep 201631 Oct 2016 by Lackey
Fantastic Fest 2016: Day Eight

A horror film from Laos, a race riot comedy from Australia, and more

Posted in Fantastic Fest, Film FestivalsTagged black comedies, Dearest Sister, Down Under, Fantastic Fest 2016, horror movies, The Invisible Guest, thrillersLeave a comment

Kill Me Three Times

Posted on 1 Sep 201517 Oct 2016 by Lackey
Simon Pegg stars in KILL ME THREE TIMES.

A derivative dark, violent comedy that mostly works thanks to Simon Pegg.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged Australian movies, black comedies, Bryan Brown, crime movies, film noir, independent movies, Kill Me Three Times, Simon Pegg2 Comments

Maps to the Stars

Posted on 8 Mar 20157 Nov 2016 by Lackey
Maps to the Stars

David Cronenberg's haunted Hollywood

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged black comedies, Canadian movies, David Cronenberg, dramas, John Cusack, Julianne Moore, Maps to the Stars, Mia Wasikowska, Robert PattinsonLeave a comment

Frank

Posted on 24 Feb 201517 Oct 2016 by Lackey
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Fassbender and Domhnall Gleeson star in FRANK.

A sensitive yet unflinching examination of the relationship between artistry and anxiety

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged black comedies, British movies, Domhnall Gleeson, Frank, Frank Sidebottom, independent movies, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael FassbenderLeave a comment

Calvary

Posted on 20 Feb 201517 Oct 2016 by Lackey
Brendan Gleeson stars in CALVARY.

A remarkable and beautiful meditation on the subject of death, that begins with one of the most striking lines in cinema history.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged Aiden Gillan, black comedies, Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd, Dylan Moran, independent movies, Irish movies3 Comments

The Double

Posted on 9 Feb 201517 Oct 2016 by Lackey
Jesse Eisenberg and Jesse Eisenberg star in THE DOUBLE.

A film obsessed with artifice and content, whose words tell one story and its accent another.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged black comedies, British movies, dystopia, Fyodor Dostoevsky, independent movies, J. Mascis, Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, psychological thrillers, Richard Ayoade, The Double, Wallace ShawnLeave a comment

Rubber

Posted on 17 Oct 201418 Oct 2016 by Lackey
A scene from RUBBER

An unexpectedly philosophical film, like a verbal game of "what if?" played by a pair of stoned college students in a dorm room.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged black comedies, French movies, horror comedies, horror movies, independent movies, Quentin Dupieux, Rubber, supernatural horrorLeave a comment

Retro Review: The Cars that Ate Paris

Posted on 13 Oct 201412 Nov 2017 by Lackey
A scene from THE CARS THAT ATE PARIS.

Described as a "horror-comedy" but neither scary nor funny, it's more of a relic from a distant place (Australia) and far-off time (the 1970s).

Posted in Movie Reviews, Retro ReviewsTagged '70s movies, Australian movies, black comedies, Peter Weir, social satire, The Cars that Ate ParisLeave a comment

Cheap Thrills

Posted on 12 Sep 201418 Oct 2016 by Lackey
Pat Healy, David Koechner and Ethan Embry star in CHEAP THRILLS.

A rich couple offers a family man and a petty criminal increasingly large amounts of money to perform increasingly dangerous acts. But their loss is our gain: Cheap Thrills is as funny as it is cynical and vicious.

Posted in Movie ReviewsTagged black comedies, Cheap Thrills, crime dramas, David Koechner, Ethan Embry, independent movies, Pat HealyLeave a comment

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