When it comes to Holy Motors, I can confidently make two statements: I have no idea what I watched, and I absolutely loved it. In an age of hyperactive attention to coherence and plot development, a film like Holy Motors, which is completely and utterly off-the-wall insane and complex, is a breath of much needed…
Category: dark comedy
I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017)
Netflix has given a home to content – whether it is television shows, stand-up comedy specials or films – that would otherwise not be given a second look by many studios. Even if studios like Sony Pictures Classic and A24 are giving some really offbeat and original films a chance, Netflix has given some of…
The Greasy Strangler (2016)
The problem with being a cinephile who likes to make new discoveries is that sometimes you encounter a film that leaves you utterly confused as to what you just watched. I am not talking about the grandiose and philosophical masterpieces cinema has harboured in the past, such as The Tree of Life and Inception. I…
Wild at Heart (1990)
There aren’t any words in any language that can describe how much I love David Lynch. I quite simply adore him – I think he is perhaps the greatest living filmmaker, and one that I unflinchingly worship as a visionary. I cut my hair to look like his. I dress in the same way as…
Shallow Grave (1994)
I’m not entirely sure what to think of Danny Boyle’s debut film Shallow Grave. It just so happens that this came out just a year after arguably my favorite film of all time, Naked, which shared much with Shallow Grave in its bleak and often terrifying look at society in the United Kingdom in the…
Man Bites Dog (1992)
I am someone who adores dark comedy, and I can pretty much stomach nearly anything, as long as it is obviously not real or questionably fictional (looking at you, Cannibal Holocaust) – but even I found it incredibly difficult to watch Man Bites Dog (C’est arrivé près de chez vous), and I will be the…
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
There is nothing quite like a good social satire that presents a scathing and biting view of an entire group of people. Luis Buñuel was a filmmaker who never quite held back on anything when it came to making his films, and in one of his last films (he would go on to make only…
A Bigger Splash (2016)
I have been waiting a very long time for this film – somehow, Luca Guadagnino managed to create something absolutely mesmerizing and beautifully strange. The film is A Bigger Splash, one of the most gloriously enticing and absolutely unique films I’ve seen in a while, and with a perfect cast and some of the most…
Bronson (2009)
The world is filled with bizarre characters, but I don’t think any of them are more bizarre than Charles Bronson, the man who has been dubbed “England’s most famous prisoner” – and when I say bizarre, I mean he is outright terrifying (and quite frankly, I am terrified to even be writing this review, because…
Irrational Man (2015)
In its analysis of Irrational Man, Rotten Tomatoes mentions “Woody Allen apologists” – this is an unfortunate term that actually perfectly describes people like me – I recognize Allen as one of the greatest cinematic minds of all time, and his streak of making a film every year is almost completely unprecedented – but with that…
