There is a sub-genre of film that is rarely talked about, but we all secretly do enjoy it – the proverbial “dumb” comedy – from the era of slapstick to the modern stoner comedy, there have been films that rely on physicality in implausible situations to entertain audiences, opting for more simplistic methods of getting…

Robert Altman was a genius – this is pretty much an objective fact by this point, because, for decades, he provided the cinematic world with some of its greatest masterpieces, crafting one astonishing film after another, many of which have gone on to be hallmarks of filmmaking, with M*A*S*H, 3 Women and Nashville being amongst…

The problem with Swinging Safari isn’t that its a bad film (because it isn’t), but because it has so much going for it, yet it wastes all of it. The director is Stephan Elliot, who directed the cult classic The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, it has a great cast composed of some…

Despite my better judgment, but I want to start this review with a personal story that bears great relevance to the subject of this review – it was 2014, and Bruce Springsteen was on his Wrecking Ball tour, taking his beautiful work around the world, including to my neck of the woods. It was a…

There’s nothing quite like nostalgia, is there? The past few years have been defined with reboots of classic shows, comebacks from once-popular bands, and films that bear resemblance to the classics of yesteryear. Yet, very little can be better than the original product, and I’d much rather revisit something in its peak than watch as…

We seem to have lost the traditional romantic comedy, or at least the kind we used to receive, which is unfortunate because even though these kinds of films were not particularly innovative or groundbreaking, they were certainly extremely charming, and they brought out a familiar sensation of joy that is often missing from more contemporary…

There was a time when Wes Anderson was not the overly-stylistic auteur who was known for his films that could be reduced to nothing more than just a bundle of quirks set to a retro soundtrack and an abundance of bright colours. I understand that I have often come across as being extremely critical of…

A few years ago, I was one of the most ardent supporters of Jim Hosking’s solo directorial debut, The Greasy Strangler. It was a film that appealed to me based on my adoration for the trashy transgression of John Waters and his rebellious contemporaries in the underground film industry, as well as someone who really…

A few years ago, when I was still a cinematic neophyte, I was at a second-hand bookstore and I found a book entitled Variety: Comedy Movies, a collection of capsule reviews written by the critics of Variety over the course of a few decades. At the age of only about thirteen, I didn’t care too…