Tag: comedy

Paul Risker - 18-01-2024

Indie charm and comedy are not enough to elevate this grind of a buddy movie - in cinemas and on VOD, on Friday, January 19th. [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 20-11-2022

Against her better judgement, a film producer on the lam agrees to produce a film about King Saul for a former movie-star-turned-rabbi planning a comeback – stylish Israeli drama premieres the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Redmond Bacon - 08-08-2022

This delightful and odd school-set Thailand satire asks if the revolution is even worth it — live from Locarno Film Festival 2022. [Read More...]

Redmond Bacon - 21-06-2022

This Quebecois tale of toxic masculinity feels as unwanted as the acts it tries to make fun of — live from Transylvania International Film Festival. [Read More...]

Redmond Bacon - 18-06-2022

A lightweight comedy tackling serious themes in Balkan history, this is a film perfect for introducing children to the 90s conflict - live from Transylvania [Read More...]

Redmond Bacon - 23-05-2022

From the producers of The Worst Person in the World comes a superior Oslo-set tale, pushing narcissism to its limits - on BFI Player and also on Curzon Home Cinema on Monday, July 3rd [Read More...]

Redmond Bacon - 13-02-2022

A guide to romance, German-style, this is a pleasant enough take on spring-autumn romance with a few fun tricks up its sleeve — live from Berlin! [Read More...]

Redmond Bacon - 26-11-2021

Turkish comedy with shades of Murakami uses a lost cat to explore contemporary Turkish society — live from Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival! [Read More...]

Redmond Bacon - 22-11-2021

This impressive Kenyan debut explores magic and alcoholism in fascinating ways — straight from Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [Read More...]

Redmond Bacon - 21-11-2021

The spirit of Ben Wheatley is transplanted to South Tyrol in this effective horror-comedy blend - live from Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [Read More...]

Redmond Bacon - 18-11-2021

Czechoslovakian-Soviet relations are bitterly investigated in this taut black comedy thriller — live from Tallinn Film Festival. [Read More...]

Paul Risker - 20-05-2021

Director of adult fantasy PSYCHO GOREMAN Steven Kostanski talks about the need to change the hype-culture around movies and keeping our inner child alive – in an exclusive interview [Read More...]

Redmond Bacon - 30-11-2020

A filmmaker returns to her hometown playing herself in this grand experiment that blends the best of Abbas Kiarostami and Woody Allen - watch it in December for free with ArteKino [Read More...]

Redmond Bacon - 19-11-2020

This nostalgic and bittersweet look at life behind the Iron Curtain radiates with charm — live from Tallinn [Read More...]

Paul Risker - 09-07-2020

Director Lee Min-Jae reframes the zombie as a fountain of youth or elixir of life, rather than an harbinger of walking death – on Blu-ray now and streaming on the Arrow Video channel [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 18-11-2019

A bungling bunch of cops take over a fast food chicken restaurant to watch a gang of criminals in the building opposite in this hilarious, South Korean genre-bender – from the London Korean Film Festival [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 26-10-2019

A skilled climber must help his trapped family escape from a skyscraper surrounded by a rising cloud of toxic gas – from the London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF), on now [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 16-09-2019

A satanic rock star, a driving instructor with paranormal powers and a widower must face very different demons, in this spectral comedy from Ireland - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Redmond Bacon - 22-08-2019

German film lays bare the awkwardness of fatherhood. We sat down with directors Henner Winckler and Ulrich Köhler to learn about their latest work! [Read More...]

Redmond Bacon - 17-08-2019

We sat down with Icelandic auteur Rúnar Rúnarsson to discuss Echo, covering everything from working with amateurs to the country's outstanding beauty! [Read More...]

Redmond Bacon - 10-08-2019

See the Cathedral in its full glory for the last time in Valérie Donzelli's latest film; a breezy French comedy about womanhood and architecture - live from Locarno [Read More...]

Redmond Bacon - 10-08-2019

A drive to the airport turns hairy in awkward German black comedy A Voluntary Year, a brilliant tale of adolescent indecision and fatherly overbearance - live from Locarno [Read More...]

Redmond Bacon - 31-05-2019

British comedy still retains the ability to pierce right through the rotten heart of the country's class system - 70th anniversary edition of Ealing Studios' classic is in cinemas Friday, June 7th [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 27-04-2019

One swallow does make a Summer! Wilfully wacky Icelandic comedy about radical environmental activist waging a war against the local aluminium factory has some delightful moments - now available on Mubi [Read More...]

Ben Flanagan - 30-01-2019

Gleeful doc sheds light on the often overlooked “industrial musical”, while also celebrating one man's devotion to comedy and ironic entertainment - live from Rotterdam [Read More...]

Redmond Bacon - 16-09-2018

One move is all it takes! Vincent Cassel plays a fundamentally decent man whose life is turned upside down due to one single extraordinarily bad mistake, in French genre-bender - streaming now with DMovies [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 05-07-2018

Your daddy loves you!!! Sarcastic and dry French comedy about fathers and sons attempting to rekindle their bond through group therapy has quite a few dirty surprises in store - on all major VoD platforms on July 9th as part of Walk This Way [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 02-07-2018

The float monty! British comedy about a group of males who bond through synchronised swimming is as close as you will get to THE FULL MONTY, with your knickers on! Now available on VoD [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 21-06-2018

When Pete and Omar lose their beloved Gran they go in search of Omar's estranged father, confronting him on the day of his daughter's engagement party - now on VoD and DVD [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 05-02-2018

Edgar Allen Poe, psychological terror, plus a touch of supernatural and comedy. These three, very different horror/suspense shorts Lock In, Bricks and Ghosted, all scripted by Jamie Russell and directed by Neville Pierce, are dirtylicious delights - out on Vimeo from Monday 5th Feb [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 22-08-2017

Do you know what it feels like for a girl? Urban teenage boy and countryside girl repeatedly swap bodies overnight, as fate draws them together through a meteor strike. Makoto Shinkai’s breakout animation returns to cinemas, and is now for the first time in IMAX [Read More...]

Lina Samoili - 10-08-2017

Are you classy enough? Jacques Becker's early masterpiece is a hilarious comedy challenging gender stereotypes and questioning the values of the French bourgeoisie - available in the UK for the first time [Read More...]

Lucas Pistilli - 31-05-2017

When going full circle becomes inevitable: surreal Austrian comedy about a young salesman trapped on a train borrows devices from Lynch and Tarantino - in the East End Film Festival [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 02-05-2017

This quintessentially British comedy will elicit laughter if you grew up on the British Isles; otherwise you might find the film a little esoteric and "insular" - now on BFI Player [Read More...]