Fact and fiction blur together throughout In the House (French: Dans la maison), the ambitious dark comedy by François Ozon, who proves to be capable of not only telling compelling stories of humanity, but also of an incredible playfulness not often embraced in modern cinema. Many consider this to be amongst the prolific filmmaker’s greatest…

“All these wretches are the same” For those familiar with the work of Luis García Berlanga, Plácido is exactly what you’d expect – a darkly comical fable that sees the esteemed director eviscerating society through carefully-curated satire that is often more haunting than it is hilarious. For those who are newer to his career, Plácido…

In a small village somewhere in the middle of Côte d’Ivoire resides Gnamien Ato (Pierre Gondo), a humble pig-farmer who tries to go about his life without getting in the way of anyone around him, but constantly becomes the subject of much derision, based on his status as the local laughingstock. However, after being assaulted…

Set in an indeterminate location somewhere in a seaside region of America, we’re introduced to Marty (Alfred Molina), a former jazz musician who has now lost his way, and has ended up wasting the best years of his life soaked in alcohol and teaching children how to play the piano. However, despite his sad existence,…

In a small town in the middle of pastoral France, a mysterious stranger suddenly appears – his name is Georges (Jean Dujardin), and from his appearance, you’d be lead to believe he’s just an ordinary, middle-aged man on a trip through the country. However, he’s recently gone through quite a challenging divorce, and as a…

No one – and I mean absolutely no one – could have made a film like Bamboozled other than Spike Lee. This isn’t only due to the fact that few filmmakers have dedicated so much of their platform to continuously exploring different aspects of race relations throughout history, but also because Lee possesses a skillful…

“He looks like a normal person. If we met in a café, I’d never suspect it” The person being described here is Amadeo (José Isbert), a humble old man who is on his way to retirement after years of service to his craft. What most people don’t realize when they see him walking through the…

Tina (Carrie Snodgress) is a mild-mannered New York housewife who dotes over her husband, Jonathan (Richard Benjamin), who returns her nothing but abusive “tough love” for her minor foibles, and constantly pushes her to be the ideal woman, rather than taking into account her own individual feelings, which he clearly sees as secondary to his…

In an era where the world’s wealthiest people are given far too much power and influence over the lives of ordinary people, there are few films that embody the spirit of the rousing call to “eat the rich” than Michael Winterbottom’s Greed, a film that progresses from an outrageous comedy to one of the darkest…

Stanley Ford (Jack Lemmon) is a wealthy cartoonist who enjoys the life of a bachelor – his company is normally restricted to his personal butler, Charles (Terry-Thomas), and a number of random women who Stanley meets regularly for passionate rendezvous that rarely last longer than a single evening. He has amassed his wealth through the…