When you think of Marlon Brando, it’s expected that the image of the overly intense, vaguely misanthropic method actor known for proclaiming “I could’ve been a contender” in On the Waterfront, shouting to his beloved Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire or planning to make an offer no one could refuse in The Godfather, all…
Category: comedy
Bob Trevino Likes It (2025)
Friends are the family we choose – as hackneyed and cliched as this adage may be, there is a reason it has adorned many wooden kitchen signs and social media captions. There’s nothing quite like finding someone with whom you have a lot in common, and allowing a natural connection to form as a result,…
The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025)
Music is the universal language, the common thread that connects us under a unified humanity, transcending cultural, geographical and temporal boundaries and speaking directly to our souls in a way that everyone unquestionably understands. Some of the greatest works of literature began their lives as songs or strummed, featuring stories of star-crossed lovers or perilous…
His and Hers (1961)
For some, the concept of domestic bliss is an ideal to which they are willing to work, while for others, it is nothing more than a myth perpetuated by decades of cultural lecturing and blatant marketing, which the nuclear family was seen as the ultimate aspiration, and anything less was seen as a sign of…
God Willing (2015)
Faith is a fascinating concept – for the majority of people, it is something that is intensely personal and mostly kept quite private for the most part, based on their own unique beliefs and their avoidance of impeding on the beliefs of others. For some, religion is a balm for a tortured soul, for others,…
The Out-of-Towners (1999)
For most parents, the moment when your child moves out of home is one that is both joyful and melancholy, and many have discussed the concept of empty-nest syndrome, where parents have to acclimate themselves to the knowledge that their offspring is out, living their own lives and that the family has entered a period…
Single, Married, Divorced (2014)
Navigating life as a singleton can be quite a challenge – for some, the fierce independence that comes with fully being in control of your narrative can be celebrated, while others will view it as a shortcoming, with the failure to attract a potential partner being considered a flaw, and something that should be immediately…
It’s Raining in the House (2024)
There comes a moment in everyone’s life when they suddenly realise that they are an independent person, perhaps not in terms of financially standing on their own, but rather that they are no longer entirely tethered to their parents and guardians when it comes to the decisions they make or how they choose to live…
Dear Brigitte (1965)
There is nothing quite as emotionally crippling as being in a family with expectations much larger than one could ever hope to achieve. Unfortunately, most of us tend to have experience with this, since we often are burdened with the responsibility of achieving everything that our parents and ancestors failed to do, which can be…
College (1927)
As part of our ongoing retrospective of Buster Keaton’s work, we continue to press on and explore all the hilarious and irreverent avenues down which his career travelled. Today’s discussion takes us to the Ivy League, in the form of College, the off-the-wall satire that Keaton directed alongside James W. Horne (who would leverage this…
The Postmodern Pelican 