As the famous saying goes, we are all born to die. However, some people seem to think that they were born to kill, which is how we get the supposedly thriving industry of professional assassins, a vocation that apparently has deep roots in the global political landscape, although very few of us, thankfully, have any…
Category: dark comedy
Heel (2026)
How do you correct bad behaviour? Every parent has a different approach to the art of discipline, some preferring a more gentle, language-based approach, others believing that the only way to curb misbehaviour is through physical means. In both accounts, it is a very contentious topic, despite being very personal and tailored to each individual…
3 Days in September (2026)
How would you handle it if, on the day of your wedding (which is supposed to be one of the happiest moments in your life if the socially mandated beliefs are held to be true), a stranger suddenly emerges and reveals that your soon-to-be-spouse has actually been unfaithful, to the point of having engaged in…
Infinity Baby (2017)
As the great Lana Del Rey once said, we are born to die – and while she may have had more philosophical reasons for such a bold statement, it does point to the reality that we essentially begin the process of making our way towards our inevitable demise the moment we are born, a bleak…
Lake George (2024)
For decades, cinema has had a peculiar relationship with the film noir genre. At one point, it was arguably one of the most popular genres in Hollywood, but much like the western and musical, it faded away during that ambiguous period towards the end of the Golden Age, and was revived in the early 1970s…
Eulogy (2004)
When exploring the subject of death and the grieving process, there’s no shortage of artworks that set out to investigate what it means to lose someone. Most are melancholic, others more bittersweet or heartwarming. However, there are a select few that are slightly more sardonic, if not outright absurd. The reality is that any loss…
I Love Boosters (2026)
There are few artists who excite me more than Boots Riley, who has proven to be one of the most essential voices in contemporary media, whether it is through the incredible work he did as the lead singer of The Coup, or his recent pivot to filmmaking, where he has been able to express himself…
Savage House (2026)
There’s a quote by the wonderful W.C. Fields that I absolutely adore, where he famously stated his belief that “a rich man is nothing but a poor man with money”, which is both a hilarious quip and a shockingly relevant observation. Wealth is a concept that seems easy to define at first, since it is…
Your Monster (2024)
Everyone has a proverbial monster in their closet, a creature that represents our innermost quandaries and most closely guarded secrets, which we keep hidden away from prying eyes as much as possible. In the case of Your Monster, this concept becomes quite literal, with director Caroline Lindy (adapting her own short film of the same…
Clifford (1994)
There’s a special joy that comes in discovering a film that was seemingly been dismissed, if not outright despised, by the industry, audiences and critical establishment, to the point where it carries the burden of being considered a failure, which becomes an indelible stain on its reputation – and realising that it is actually a…
