| 单词 | black comedy |
| 例句 | He is one of those phenomena that rise regularly in history to confound us with the possibility—and black comedy—of potent evil: conscienceless, cruel and pathologically dishonest. Why Trump Is Different—and Must Be Repelled 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z It’s been a while since critics enjoyed that kind of prestige — only one of the many ways Joseph Kesselring’s 1941 black comedy is showing its age. The Odyssey tries to breathe some fresh air into a dusty, musty 'Arsenic and Old Lace' 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z A smarter group of filmmakers might have wrestled this deliberately repellent material into a decent black comedy. ‘Cuck’ Review: When Bigotry Meets Pornography. Yes, It’s That Bad. 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z A press representative for the show announced last week that its creators, the Off Broadway troupe the Amoralists, “are now billing the play as a drama, not a black comedy as originally announced.” Theater Review: Lyle Kessler’s ‘Collision’ at Rattlestick Theater 2013-01-23T23:19:08Z The film is billed as a black comedy about the end of the world, but listen, the world has been ending for a while now, and there's not much comedy in this particular dark cloud. Deck the halls with films of horror 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z "But in the end we agreed that 'May We Be Forgiven' is a dazzling, original, viscerally funny black comedy - a subversion of the American dream," she said. U.S. writer A.M. Homes denies Hilary Mantel literary treble 2013-06-05T18:23:44Z It’s possible to view Festen as the blackest black comedy ever made. The 50 funniest films… chosen by comedians 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Nothing like the original, it's more of an insane black comedy, with pulp crime plots and reptilian hallucinations viewed through our antihero's narcotic dementia. Films out this week 2010-05-21T23:06:00Z The festival launched last night with the UK premiere of Peepli Live, a black comedy about a debt-ridden farmer who considers committing suicide to secure government financial aid for his family. Bollywood dances to another tune at the first Indian film festival of London 2010-08-26T15:00:00Z In Wiener-Dog, Solondz brought back Dawn Wiener, the tormented schoolgirl of his black comedy Welcome to the Dollhouse, despite having shown her funeral in an earlier movie, Palindromes. The second coming of Jesus: how the Big Lebowski bowler was resurrected 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z I can only repeat what I said then: all the energy and black comedy and, indeed, mystery of The Paperboy had been overlooked in a Twitter-accelerated group rush towards mockery and disdain. The Paperboy – review 2013-03-14T15:00:01Z This year, Lena Dunham is competing in both races with "Tiny Furniture," a black comedy that grossed a grand total of about $400,000 at the box office. "Winter's Bone" seeks indie film honors 2011-02-26T17:50:27Z He’s the determined, humorless center around which a swirl of black comedy is deployed, topped off by a final flourish that ends this grim story on a ghoulish smile. Review: ‘In Order of Disappearance’ Emits a Dash of ‘Fargo’ 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Satiric, surreal, unexpected and at times wildly funny, "Zero Motivation" is a savage black comedy that eviscerates an unexpected target: the Israeli army, officially known as the IDF. Israeli soldiers battle boredom in satiric 'Zero Motivation' 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z My favourite on this list is Quentin Tarantino’s dizzying, dazzling Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, a black comedy about late-60s Los Angeles which is brilliantly conceived and designed. Golden Globes: who will win and who should win the film awards? | Peter Bradshaw 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z With Michael Keaton starring as a rumpled former star attempting a comeback in theater, the black comedy promises an oddball showcase. In Venice, Kicking Off the Fall Movie Festival Season 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Arriving with a wealth of ready-made catchphrases, this acerbic black comedy found Ryder and rebel boyfriend Christian Slater killing off high-school conformists, including a coterie of mean girls all called Heather. Heathers is back – but is it Winona Ryder's best film? Her top 20, ranked! 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Charnock's work was grounded in improvisation and frequently autobiographical, with a streak of black comedy. Dancer Charnock dies of cancer 2012-08-02T16:03:04Z The tone was as important as the content: disorienting and ambiguous, veering between detective procedural, soap opera, occult horror, black comedy, even slapstick. Damn fine telly: why everything is now ‘a bit Twin Peaks’ 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z The combination of those elements usually produces cynical black comedy, something witty and bitter, but Zigman’s work is too tender for that. Review | Laura Zigman’s ‘Separation Anxiety’ tackles middle-aged loneliness with a perfect mix of grief and humor 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Unless, that is, you count the home-baked Christmas cookies he has brought into the office, which may be as much of a giveaway cliche as that incriminating bottle of Perrier in the black comedy Heathers. From Sean Connery to Harrison Ford: actors who secretly played roles gay 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z He’s back with another three-part, heartfelt black comedy based on real British events, this time a cheating scandal that rocked the original “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” in 2001. 15 Summer TV Shows We’re Looking Forward To 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z His 1942 debut, The Murderer Lives at 21, a stylish black comedy, suffered no such fate despite the characteristic misanthropy underlying its light surface. The Murderer Lives at 21 – review 2013-06-01T23:05:03Z The actor and director of the upcoming black comedy “Suburbicon” also discussed an array of topics, from his friendship with former U.S. More Clooney babies? Not likely, says Amal Clooney 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Etc. The Bafta-winning black comedy isn't just one of the best shows on children's telly, it's one of the best full stop – hence it recently being repackaged for prime time, hosted by Stephen Fry. Take five: box sets for primary school-age kids 2012-08-28T11:00:22Z On the surface, this sounds like insanity, or the stuff of black comedy. The Story of the Girl Who Volunteered To Be Imprisoned by the Nazis 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell got the best actress and best supporting actor Oscars for Martin McDonagh’s jagged, angular, tonally unpredictable and – for some objectionable – black comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. The Shape of Water's Oscars win is the triumph of a real artist and immersive cinema | Peter Bradshaw 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Is starring as the "sinister grandfather" in "Rothchild," a "black comedy." Mel Gibson casting in Rothchild comedy sparks outrage 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Based on a comic book by Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson, this black comedy is relentlessly violent and absurdist, and moves at a breakneck pace. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Happy!’ and ‘Broad City’ 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Hansen turns to black comedy as Albert gets trapped under a car and in a tree, and Ruth leaves the gas on in their house until she realizes this might kill the canary. Books of The Times: An Affair, a Murder, a Sensation 2011-06-05T22:14:07Z The first trailer for the much-anticipated second season of Killing Eve was unveiled in February and featured more black comedy and at least one ominous shot of a kitchen knife. Phoebe Waller-Bridge 'empowered' to see violent women on TV 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z The material translates much more comfortably to the stage: instead of neurotic family interactions, we get an action-filled black comedy, broad satire of upper-class British manners — and a tour-de-force actor’s turn. Sunshine and Murder: The Movie-to-Musical Express 2013-11-20T14:00:41Z The acclaimed political satire, which came to an end after 24 episodes last year, competes for best sitcom with Twenty Twelve, BBC2's Episodes and Sky Atlantic's black comedy Hunderby, written by its star Julia Davis. Bafta nominations: three for Olympics – but four for Twenty Twelve 2013-04-09T20:43:43Z His next work is “a black comedy,” an offbeat love story, he said, quite different from the recent films. Tokyo festival features Yoshida’s films of hope amid despair 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z Four years before my diagnosis, it seemed like I was finally making progress toward publication with my third manuscript: a black comedy about a dysfunctional Chinese-American family. I wanted to publish a book before I died 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z He set out to make a black comedy about the Iraq war and ended up with a film about Trump. Richard Linklater on Last Flag Flying: 'We're not meant to kill. We're not cut out for it' 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z A fascinating study of a dysfunctional relationship and a brilliant black comedy. The best films for summer 2013 2013-05-26T18:05:00Z Get Out is a brilliant satire on race and the gruesome twist ending of post-Obama America which functions also as a scary movie, black comedy and an acting masterclass from its four leads. The Shape of Water's Oscars win is the triumph of a real artist and immersive cinema | Peter Bradshaw 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z The first time I saw Alps, I pegged it as brilliant black comedy; the second time as out-and-out tragedy. Why is Greece's finest young director making London his home? 2012-11-11T18:00:01Z Mr. Mac’s audacious and uproarious black comedy, which opened on Sunday at Playwrights Horizons in a crackling production, makes even the more extreme angst-amidst-the-chintz plays seem like demure drawing-room comedies of the 1950s. Review: ‘Hir’ Sorts Through a Family in Transition 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z A box office flop on its first release, Martin Scorsese’s acid black comedy has since been hailed as a classic portrait of modern celebrity. Jerry Lewis, king of comedy, dies at 91 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z The Critics’ Verdict: The reviews have been largely positive, with Ella Taylor of NPR noting the “gusts of saving black comedy rolling in to rescue it from excess goo.” A Quick Guide to the Foreign-Language Oscar Nominees 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Forget truly black comedy: Michael can't even be vilified and tenderized à la David Brent, because that's not the American sitcom way. Why NBC should close "The Office" 2011-03-02T16:11:00Z On Wednesday, actress Miranda Richardson, who chaired a panel of judges, praised Home's novel, a story about two brothers, as a "dazzling, original, viscerally funny black comedy" and a "subversion of the American dream." US writer A.M. Homes wins Women's Fiction Prize 2013-06-05T19:17:08Z But give Mr. Gelb credit for bringing audiences seminal works from the 20th century, like Shostakovich’s black comedy “The Nose,” Janacek’s “From the House of the Dead” and Philip Glass’s “Satyagraha.” Emboldened Orchestras Embracing the New Music 2011-12-09T17:01:08Z Q: Yet 'Tale of Sand' is essentially a black comedy. Book Talk: Absurdist Jim Henson film that wasn't 2012-01-19T10:01:06Z In the current setup, black comedians are restricted to black comedy nights in various clubs, like Mo’ Betta Monday. Russell Simmons: For Black Comedians, It’s ‘Hollywood So White’ 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z His satirical black comedy Dogtooth, which is out on 23 April, beat off the likes of Precious at Cannes last year to win Un Certain Regard – the festival's strand for "different and original" film-making. First sight: Yorgos Lanthimos 2010-03-25T23:50:00Z “Myra Breckenridge,” Mr. Vidal’s own favorite among his books, was a campy black comedy about a male homosexual who has sexual reassignment surgery and turns into a woman. Gore Vidal, 1925-2012: Gore Vidal, Elegant Writer, Dies at 86 2012-08-01T05:20:14Z “A black comedy is still a comedy, and a comedy is there to entertain and make people laugh. Black is just one way to go about it.” You’ve Got the Wrong Idea About Martin McDonagh 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Among his films was “The Loved One,” a 1965 black comedy about an Englishman’s encounter with Hollywood and the funeral industry, based on the satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh. Robert Morse, two-time Tony-winning actor, dies at 90 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Still, this year’s Trump-led turn toward the macabre has been a black comedy from start to finish; seriousness has become the rare, and generally marginalized, exception. The Sweet Solidarity of Barack Obama and Larry Wilmore 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Death has become not just the punchline of black comedy, but the setting itself, and initially things look pretty bleak. Dead and loving it: why has TV become so obsessed with the afterlife? 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Crime becomes lighter with the caper genre, such as The Italian Job, whereas the Ealing comedies found the bitterest black comedy in murder and a queasy celebration of the entrepreneurial daring in crime. The greatest films of all time: Crime 2010-10-17T11:00:00Z The Death of Bees was a black comedy about lost innocence in which parents were notably absent – indeed, they were buried in shallow graves at the bottom of the garden. Closed Doors by Lisa O'Donnell – review 2013-07-20T10:31:00Z Though structured as a farce — with more than a dash of German Expressionism — the script is black comedy at its sootiest and most rageful. Robert Lyons?s ?Nostradamus? at Ohio Theater 2010-08-06T21:12:00Z I took some executives from HBO around to some comedy clubs and they could see black comedy was really popping. Jon Stewart, Louis C.K., Chris Rock, Stephen Colbert, Conan O’Brien and the behind-the-scenes secrets of comedy’s ’90s glory days 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z As a result, black comedy on TV is severely rationed. Meet black comedy's trailblazers 2010-04-13T20:35:00Z The wan drama is enlivened by bursts of black comedy, some bits more effective than others, and though it ultimately disappoints, there's promise in the understated creepiness of Riley Stearns' debut feature. Deprogramming is hard work in 'Faults' 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The black comedy of “Drop Dead Gorgeous” is guided by a deranged value system that’s particular to the world of teen-age girls. “Drop Dead Gorgeous,” Which Is Finally Streaming, Is Possibly My Favorite Movie of All Time 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z He had also recently contributed to a black comedy sketch, which aired in last August and was entitled Don't Fear Death. Rik Mayall happy and healthy moments before death, says friend 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z The Westminster thriller was an authored drama, with Abbott writing every word, while the Manchester black comedy was team-written, giving valuable opportunities to many young screenwriters. Shameless: when TV shows overstay their welcome 2012-10-10T11:33:37Z Originally the 1988 black comedy was to be reimagined as a series in which characters who would have been the target of bullying in other series become the bullies. 2018's biggest TV disappointments, from moderately painful to the absolute worst 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z These eclectic songs are rich with black comedy and bitter satire. Music Review: Met?s Summer Recital Series Kicks Off in Central Park 2010-07-13T22:57:00Z These films were not afraid to juggle noir, black comedy and bedroom inventiveness – so why do the 90-minute erotic pictures of today focus on everything except the story? The sag of the erotic thriller: can film ever take sex seriously again? 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z I humbly submit that there's nothing wrong with "The Killing" that a sense of black comedy couldn't have fixed. "The Killing" ends without ending 2011-06-20T02:20:00Z “The question is: Has Amis created anything more than this bravura black comedy? Are his monsters more than cartoon grotesques?” Martin Amis’s ‘Zone of Interest’ Makes European Publishers Squirm 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z This black comedy stars Robert De Niro as Rupert Pupkin, an aspiring, unsuccessful standup comedian and fantasist. The 50 funniest films… chosen by comedians 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z As many of us remain isolated in our homes, this new black comedy can either be an exhilarating fantasy or a frustrating tease. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Killing Eve’ and ‘Run’ 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z It’s played as a black comedy, though it might not have seemed funny to her victim at the time. Prowling panthers, paranormal spies and vengeful ice-skaters: must-see movies of 2018 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z Each film would be a longshot in nearly any other season — an existential black comedy about Broadway from the "Babel" director and a slice-of-life Zen epic from the man behind the "Before" series. Oscars 2015: Five story lines to watch 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z In a moment of black comedy a lifer secretary who slept her way to the middle, never even mastering message taking, drops dead at her desk. Forget the Downturn; Punish the Lazybones 2010-10-15T16:57:00Z As biopic, black comedy and portrait of celebrity loneliness, Behind the Candelabra really is hard to beat. Behind the Candelabra – review 2013-06-06T14:29:02Z Yet Darnielle's black comedy and clever irony elicited feelings of sympathy, defiance and even victory. Mountain Goats bigger, but unchanged 2011-04-06T14:29:00Z The cheeky opener is an apt mood-setter, even if it does not — cannot, perhaps — adequately prepare you for the gory twists and turns to come in the writer-director Sam Levinson’s black comedy. Review: ‘Assassination Nation’ Bluntly Calls Out All-American Misogyny 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z At ACT, he’s played the father of cloned sons in “A Number,” a Civil War officer in “Mourning Becomes Electra,” a gravedigger in the grisly black comedy “A Skull in Connemara.” Pamela Reed, Kevin Tighe at home in ACT production 2013-05-30T19:45:47Z And the stars said they liked the freedom of cable and black comedy. The Easy Banter and the Vicious Retorts of ‘Married’ 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Whizz-kid Canadian director Xavier Dolan screened a tour-de-force black comedy at Cannes about a disturbed teenager's relationship with his mother, while Ken Loach's "Jimmy's Hall," shown on Thursday, described a communist leader from Ireland's past. Dolan's troubled teen wows at Cannes, Loach film disappoints 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z In one of the saddest moments of new black comedy series Dietland, the show’s heroine, Plum Kettle, lovingly bakes and decorates a cake. Killer looks: how Dietland confronts the violence of beauty culture 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Director, co-writer and star Paul Bartel’s cheeky black comedy “Eating Raoul” plants its tongue firmly in cheek as it pokes fun at swingers and the “vice and amorality that permeates society.” Beyond “The Overnight”: 8 more great movies about swingers 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z His debut feature, Adam & Paul, updated the existential black comedy of Beckett's Waiting for Godot, with two addicts scraping their way through the underbelly of Dublin to grimly comic effect. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2013-04-06T23:05:13Z But don’t sleep on the meticulously executed original, which blends slow-burn suspense with a workplace black comedy. 6 Podcasts for the Drama Lover 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z And here’s the best-reviewed: Bong Joon-ho’s black comedy about an impoverished family who scheme to become employed by a wealthy household despite their lack of qualifications. The most exciting movies of 2020 – foreign language 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z Rather than sweep, with Buñuelian mischief, from melodrama to black comedy to surrealist pastiche, it hesitates among those possibilities, as if unable to calculate the proper ratio of sincerity to camp. Movie Review: Taking Up With a Maid Might Upset the Family 2011-01-20T22:00:38Z “Only morons are nice on Christmas,” scowls Billy Bob Thornton in this noir-tinged hybrid of a heist thriller and a black comedy, which plays like a seasonal twist on the heartland morality of Fargo. Hidden presents: 10 Christmas movies you might not have seen 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z In her review in The Times, Caryn James called “Home Alone” a “surprisingly charming film, which may be the first Christmas black comedy for children.” What’s on TV Sunday: ‘The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show’ and ‘Home Alone’ 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z This black comedy anthology from BBC is known for keeping viewers on the edge of their seats. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ and ‘Inside No. 9’ 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z They showed that U.S. actress Jennifer Lawrence was paid less than her male co-stars Christian Bale and Bradley Cooper in the 2013 black comedy "American Hustle". Hollywood's gender pay gap is 'crazy': Natalie Portman 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Korean-language film “Parasite” seems certain to take the renamed best international feature Oscar and would make history if the black comedy about haves and have-nots in modern Seoul also takes home the best picture statuette. Cliffhangers, slam dunks and dark horses at Sunday's Oscars 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z “Dog Days,” a black comedy with music by David T. Little and libretto by Royce Vavrek, was dramatically wild and at times exhilarating, a post-apocalyptic story about a family of five. In a Laboratory, Turning Traditional Notions of Opera Upside Down 2010-05-07T20:15:00Z For maybe, just maybe, this black comedy intentionally overstates the magnitude of society’s illness. Review | Taylor Mac’s play ‘Hir’ shows an America that’s groping in the dark for its moral identity 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z The Australian native's first feature, 1974's "The Cars That Ate Paris," was a gritty black comedy about residents of a small town who deliberately cause car crashes. Director Peter Weir finds "Way Back" to big screen 2011-02-01T01:34:40Z Wisely, Semple doesn’t leaven the heartbreak with her trademark black comedy. Maria Semple is back with another loopy, darkly comic novel 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z The result is a “Godfather Part II” of black comedy, a rare sequel that surpasses its predecessor. Stream These 7 Movies and Shows Before They Leave Netflix in January 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Banks: "The Details" is a black comedy about the slippery slope of infidelity. Sundance familiar territory for Elizabeth Banks 2011-01-24T02:27:53Z Bishop goes dark as a meek cycle cop who turns vigilante killer, and becomes an online phenomenon as a result, in a black comedy that doesn't really get dark or funny enough. This week's new films 2013-01-12T06:00:00Z The portrayal of the seedy community is infused with black comedy moments as fights break out, from long-stewing grudges to alcohol-fueled fisticuffs. Slattery swaps Manhattan for 'God's Pocket' in directorial debut 2014-05-09T21:55:32Z I first staged the play – a black comedy about a 40-year-old daughter trying to escape her possessive mother – this time last year. Play it again: staging a production one year on 2011-07-26T14:23:41Z It’s hard to think of a worthwhile writer who doesn’t deal in black comedy. This Week in Fiction: Joseph O’Neill 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z This clunky reliance on ableist tropes as a form of humour was disappointing coming from a film lauded for its “moments of sharp, cinder black comedy”. Three Billboards' portrayal of dwarfism is reductive and ableist, and I would know | Eva Squire 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z This opus of family feuds, elder dementia, black comedy and grisly violence is fretted with some of the most exquisite poetic verse and heart-rending pathos in the canon. Outdoor Shakespeare done well 2013-07-19T17:38:50Z This movie, written and directed by a woman, it’s a black comedy until it’s not. What Megan Mullally Likes: Soft T-Shirts and Sad Songs 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z His 2009 novel "Financial Lives of the Poets," a black comedy about a financial journalist with serious money troubles, will be adapted by Book-It Repertory Theatre for a June 2013 production. Lit Life: Jess Walter is a busy man; Ann Rule wins a Thriller 2012-05-18T19:40:04Z Also at the Film Center, the 1989 black comedy "Heathers" gets a one-time screening Friday night. Jewish film fest ends, 'Indian Cinema' begins 2012-03-22T20:10:04Z Lee is astonishing in the movie, bringing gravitas, intrigue and a touch of black comedy to a role that could easily have descended into farce. Christopher Lee 1922-2015: an appreciation by Mark Kermode 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z The panic that animated that kiss pressurizes this section, in which a kind of black comedy alternates with existential dread. Stepsisters, Lovers and Gender-Bending Artists, Now Celebrated in a Novel 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Deitchman and Rusk Robinson, having come up with a gruesome way to make a twosome, might have nervily pursued their dark muse into black comedy. Life As We Know It: Katherine Heigl Crashes Again 2010-10-08T18:55:00Z With his drollery, suavity and immaculate dress sense, George Sanders cuts an elegant figure in Joseph Mankiewicz’s black comedy All About Eve, from 1950. Who is the best Oscar-winning supporting actor of all time? 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Mental is a knockabout black comedy from Australia that starts off exhilaratingly mad and funny, then progressively loses its edge. Mental – review 2012-11-15T22:00:03Z I humbly submit that there’s nothing wrong with “The Killing” that a sense of black comedy couldn’t have fixed. “The Killing”: Who killed Rosie Larsen? We’ll finally learn 2012-06-14T15:25:00Z "La Dictadura Perfecta," a black comedy featuring several of Mexico's top stars, takes on the country's tightly controlled media landscape and what Estrada views as its complacent television audience. Mexican filmmaker Luis Estrada's satirical agenda hits home 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Those who don’t like Mother! are those who don’t get or don’t like the third element, the deadpan black comedy it offers in the von Trier vein. What the F? How Mother! joined the 'bad movie' club 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z “The Butcher Boy” might have been finessed into a sharper, more forceful black comedy if the score from Muldoon, who is not yet a senior in college, had developed a more distinctive point of view. Review: In ‘The Butcher Boy,’ an Anti-Coming of Age Story 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Taylor choreographed his version in 1980 as a black comedy about a ballet company in rehearsal, a stolen baby and a detective in Harold Lloyd glasses. Paul Taylor: Return of the Beloved Renegade 2010-02-19T16:07:00Z Cynthia Erivo is nominated for best actress for her role in slave drama Harriet, and Parasite – Boon Jong Ho’s acclaimed South Korean black comedy – is up for six awards, including best director and best picture. Oscars 2020: Joker aces nominations – but Academy trumps Baftas for diversity 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z His new film, , is also a black comedy and by comparison fairly ordinary. Cold Fish ? review 2011-04-09T23:05:30Z An expectations-dasher from a major Swedish talent, this sly black comedy chronicles an ordinary skiing holiday that takes a turn for the worse. 10 films to see at the Chicago International Film Festival 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z D. Keith Mano, whose teeming, rollicking novels explored the problems and passions of Christianity in the modern world, to remarkable effect in the capacious, Rabelaisian black comedy “Take Five,” died on Wednesday in Manhattan. D. Keith Mano, Novelist Who Tackled Christianity, Sex and More, Dies at 74 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z An attenuated mess of a black comedy, partly in rhymed couplets and lacking even a scabrous sort of gleefulness, strands a theatergoer for 90 minutes in a restless state of ennui. Review | Nathan Lane and Adam Driver are both starring on Broadway. Only one of them gives us a good time. 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z The black comedy “Welcome to Norway,” which also came out last year, follows Primus, the down-and-out owner of a defunct Norwegian hotel, which he converts into a shelter to profit from public funding for refugees. The Awkward Attempt to Find Comedy in the Refugee Crisis 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z The keys will be in executing the plot cleanly and treading that difficult line between black comedy and regional caricature. 'Fargo' Season 2 Premiere Recap: 'Waiting for Dutch' 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Nighty Night, her initial masterpiece, had an unparalleled opening that set the tone for the black comedy that was to come. Screen queens: the funny, fearless women who revolutionised TV 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z It’s also a black comedy, a family drama and a peculiar evocation of the Iphigenia myth. Yorgos Lanthimos totally gets that you might hate his movies. He's fine with that. 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Ducournau’s “cannibal horror film” is as much body horror as it is black comedy and coming-of-age drama, and it uses the cinematic grammar of all three. Raw director Julia Ducournau on how to make a horror film as creepy as possible 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z It is a family drama, a black comedy, a suspense thriller, a class satire, even a domestic horror. Parasite director Bong Joon-ho: 'Korea seems glamorous, but the young are in despair' 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Touchstone Pictures released Ted Demme’s enthusiastically vulgar black comedy in the spring to keep from spiking the eggnog, but the Christmas-in-Connecticut setting wraps a shiny red bow on the acrimony. Hidden presents: 10 Christmas movies you might not have seen 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Over and over, Jackson's widow confronts some awful detail of her bereavement, then veers off into rage or black comedy before arriving at another unpalatable realisation. Mick Jackson: 'Taking pity on the reader' 2010-04-08T09:41:00Z Pressman had acquired the letters in the early 1970s, along with the rights to a screenplay about Brody, which he envisioned turning into a Billy Wilder-style black comedy. An Heir, a $25 Million Giveaway and 30,000 Unopened Letters 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z The troupe will open with the world premiere of Josh Conkel’s black comedy “Sprawl,” set at a book club meeting interrupted by the end of the world. Book-club apocalypse, rafting rabbits: WET's new season 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z But while the tone of “Calvary” is initially similar, mixing mordant black comedy with notes of genuine human anguish, the destination is a different and much darker one. “Calvary”: A good priest takes on a poisoned church and a crazy Irish village 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The evening will include the West Coast premiere of Friedkin's latest film, the black comedy "Killer Joe," and an onstage interview to include audience questions. June 9 at SIFF: William Friedkin, 'The Details' 2012-06-08T19:49:04Z “Essentially, we saw it as a story with many comedic elements in a serious framework — a kind of black comedy or existential humor of which ‘Dr. Strangelove’ is a prototype,” he said. Noel Black, 77, Dies; Directed Dark Comedy Cult Hit 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Mundruczo’s film sets out as a social-realist family drama, briefly mutates into a Lassie Come Home-style tearjerker, and then suddenly kicks out the fences, blooming into an absurdist black comedy of animal armageddon. Apocalypse bow-wow: the new breed of arthouse animal horror 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z HBO Max's "Made For Love" is such a case, a feather-light black comedy about a disillusioned wife attempting to escape her smothering husband. Dark comedy "Made for Love" is HBO Max's "Black Mirror"-lite tale of bad romance turned sociopathic 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Its first series, which was shown on BBC Three in 2016, received widespread acclaim for its mix of black comedy and affecting drama, and currently holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Kristin Scott Thomas to star in second series of Fleabag 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z The difference here is that it is more of a black comedy, but of course there is a social statement. Javier Bardem on "The Good Boss" humor: Humans love "seeing people suffer when we see they are safe" 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Shows such as Pulling, a black comedy about three female flatmates that first aired in 2006 and was her breakthrough. Sharon Horgan: ‘I want adventures. I want to do stuff that's challenging’ 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z A promotional campaign centring on his reputation for disarmingly droll black comedy, combined with the stunning fact of the film's commercial success, neutralised any outrage from the beginning. The Moment of Psycho: How Alfred Hitchcock Taught America to Love Murder by David Thomson | The Girl in Alfred Hitchcock's Shower by Robert Graysmith 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z The first of their efforts, the literary black comedy "Listen Up Philip," is set to hit theaters. Elisabeth Moss and Alex Ross Perry listen up to some common notes 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Deep Breath, written by Moffat and directed by Ben Wheatley, the British film-maker responsible for horror movie Kill List and black comedy Sightseers, received a generally positive reaction. Peter Capaldi's Doctor Who debut attracts 7.3m viewers 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z These last will be the real test, including as they do Russell Brand's new topical comedy show, Jack Dee's new entertainment show, Julia Davis's new black comedy and Adam Buxton's TV version of Bug. Does Sky Atlantic push two-tier TV? 2012-06-26T17:32:00Z Brad Pitt stars in this black comedy that takes a satirical look at America’s war with Afghanistan. The 75 films we're most excited about in 2016 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z The black comedy boom was happening and I wasn’t part of it. Jon Stewart, Louis C.K., Chris Rock, Stephen Colbert, Conan O’Brien and the behind-the-scenes secrets of comedy’s ’90s glory days 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Brutal, unblinking and ruthlessly honest, with a powerful undercurrent of black comedy, it quickly earned an exalted place in American cinema. Leonard Kastle, Composer and Filmmaker, Dies at 82 2011-05-22T02:23:04Z In January “Peepli Live,” a low-budget black comedy about farmer suicides in central India, became the first Hindi film selected for competition at Sundance. Film: Bollywood Soars Toward Hollywood 2010-03-06T00:51:00Z Even the critically acclaimed Barry, which traffics in a similar sort of black comedy as Atlanta, is a contender. Emmys 2018: our predictions - who will win and who should win 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Other notable big screen roles include her co-starring slot as mentor to a disturbed wannabe playwright in the 2000 black comedy Chuck & Buck. Lupe Ontiveros dies aged 69 2012-07-27T16:49:51Z Why we like him: For the brilliant black comedy of his 2007 road movie Palms. Artist of the week 2010-08-04T16:33:00Z Teen movie Eighth Grade, written and directed by Bo Burnham, won best original screenplay, while black comedy Can You Ever Forgive Me? won best adapted screenplay. Screenplay glory for Can You Ever Forgive Me? and Eighth Grade 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Marking the director's fifth collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio, the black comedy is based on stock broker Jordan Belfort's memoir of the same name. Hobbit beats Wolf at US Box Office 2013-12-30T08:55:13Z Drew Barrymore teams up with Justified’s Timothy Olyphant for this black comedy. These Are the 20 New TV Shows You Should Watch in 2017 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Hovering a bit awkwardly, rather than interestingly, on the fine line between tear-jerker and farce, it could benefit from greater emphasis on the situation’s black comedy. Critic?s Notebook: At Vox Festival, Future of City Opera Sounds All Too Familiar 2011-05-16T21:55:57Z On the surface, the film looks like a black comedy, with a predominantly African American cast, but Rock doesn't see the film in racial terms. Yeah, he said it 2010-05-28T23:04:00Z It was laced with stand-up black comedy that seemed to some inappropriate — and to others, right on target. ‘Joe Egg,’ ‘Next to Normal’ probe families on the edge 2013-02-14T22:47:16Z The subtext of it all is Bell’s ceaseless struggle with her own depression and anxiety, which she frames as black comedy. New Graphic Novels Detail Personal Journeys and Twists of Fate 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Partly as a result, he intends to complete the suicide trilogy with a straightforward black comedy. John Michael McDonagh Carves His Own Niche With ‘Calvary’ 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z Heathers, on the other hand, is a black comedy about America’s black soul. Michael Lehmann on the legacy of his cult teen film Heathers 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z Writing about the basic plot and situation of this movie, I realize that it sounds almost exactly like a Coen brothers-style black comedy in the “Blood Simple” vein. “Killer Joe”: Matthew McConaughey’s comeback gets creepier 2012-07-26T15:00:00Z If this were just pure black comedy that didn't take itself at all seriously, I could go with it. Does ‘Three Billboards’ Say Anything About America? Well … 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z So he says that he chose to frame The Laundromat as a black comedy because that was the best way to get the information across. Soderbergh on Hollywood: 'It's not crooked – it's the most transparent industry going' 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z But it's never clear if this is meant as a parody, an exploitation film or a black comedy. "Big Bang" a disappointment for Banderas fans 2011-05-12T22:25:35Z Set in the world of high frequency trading, the movie is a thriller, a family drama and a pitch black comedy. Jesse Eisenberg opens up: "I think of myself as a basic, unremarkable person" 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z This world premiere, a McCarter Theater Center commission, is a black comedy about a couple, new to their neighborhood, considering whether to befriend or avoid their extremely bizarre neighbors. The New Season of Theater: Listings for the Fall Season and Beyond 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Our current presidency is more like fiction than ever seemed possible — a postmodern black comedy with a crazed protagonist hellbent on blurring all lines between fantasy and reality. A Comic Novel About the George W. Bush No One Knows 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z The black comedy, about what happens to Britain’s second-best hangman on the day hanging is abolished, is scheduled to run at the Atlantic from Jan. 18 through March 4. Highlights From Atlantic Theater Company’s 2017-18 Season 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z This wasn’t Theron’s Oscar-prestige movie, but it is her best: the most subtle, evolved, persuasively horrible and funniest performance she has ever given, in a black comedy written by Cody and directed by Reitman. Charlize Theron's 20 best film roles – ranked! 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z The 72-year-old actor said he's proud of the black comedy about an aspiring dancer and her dysfunctional parents. Sorvino to debut film funded by Pa. taxpayers 2012-02-20T17:51:08Z Elf has big black comedy laughs along with some reasonably sincere sentiment. The Santa supremacy: Peter Bradshaw's top Christmas movies 2010-12-15T21:30:07Z Justice is eventually served in “A Replacement Life,” along with plenty of black comedy, but the book is less about doing right or wrong than about where absolutes, moral or otherwise, do not apply. ‘A Replacement Life,’ by Boris Fishman 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z The black comedy in this episode -- and in season four as a whole -- made a couple of the show's more ridiculous flourishes play brilliantly. Walter White has to laugh, otherwise he'd cry 2011-09-26T07:27:00Z But if you look at it now, it's clear that he had intuited the raging black comedy with absolute clarity. David Thomson on Jack Nicholson 2010-08-05T21:22:00Z The penniless matriarch in Mona Mansour’s monotonous black comedy, “The Way West,” a Labyrinth Theater Company production at the Bank Street Theater, definitely falls into the delusional category. Review: ‘The Way West’ Features a Cheerfully Defiant Plunge Into Financial Ruin 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z “Silicon Valley,” a black comedy about neurotic coders and start-up culture, is a cult hit. Welcome to the golden age of social awkwardness 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z As black comedy, it works reasonably well some of the time, with plenty of black but not much comedy. Super ? review 2011-07-07T21:03:00Z It’s black comedy taken to lowbrow extremes, with each “way to die” mockingly narrated to ridicule those who met with grisly, avoidable fates. ‘The ABCs of Death’: a blood-red alphabet soup for horror fans 2013-03-07T21:55:13Z “It’s such a black comedy, and while it’s really funny, it’s also really truthful.” ‘The Fix,’ a Ribald Musical About Political Showmanship 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z There is murder, blackmail, corruption, and worse, all served with a strong shot of black comedy. Auteurs assemble! What caused the superhero backlash? 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z But in style, the piece is not unlike “Killer Joe” in the blending of black comedy and extreme violence. 'Bug' at Redtwist Theatre: Up-close production can't help but crawl under your skin 2011-06-02T13:06:50Z The moment instead proves to be the all-too-fitting preamble for a windy muddle of a black comedy, one in which the playwright never satisfactorily clues us into what he’s trying to say. ‘Totalitarians’: Woolly takes a risk and stumbles badly with a murky political satire In the spirit of Labor Day, revisit this outrageous black comedy about three friends who, despite working hard, are repeatedly tormented by their bosses. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Horrible Bosses’ and ‘Juno’ 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z It’s a long, spiraling comedy of errors, as gruesomely entertaining as any Hollywood black comedy, featuring incompetence, miscommunication, resentment, foolhardy bravery and bad luck. Television Review | 'Behind Taliban Lines': The Afghan Side of War 2010-02-22T23:24:00Z It's a film with cult status among Meirelles fans, and it is indeed a little gem, which shows Meirelles's flair for a certain sort of black comedy. London scores as Brazil's Fernando Meirelles heads for the capital 2010-06-25T10:21:00Z Along comes “3C,” a flat-footed black comedy by David Adjmi that tries to excavate the grime lurking underneath the sitcom’s perky, glossy veneer. Theater Review: ‘3C,’ by David Adjmi, at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater 2012-06-25T02:00:00Z But female directors were almost unheard-of at the time, and her attempts to get support for what she called “a marvelous black comedy” that she wanted to make met repeated dead ends. Stella Stevens, Hollywood Bombshell Who Yearned for More, Dies at 84 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Well, there’s black comedy at work here of course. Dirty Grandpa and the return of Viagra Cinema 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z The series unspools in an oddly captivating alternate South peopled by whimsically twisted archetypes and marked by sudden shifts between folksy black comedy and graphic violence. Television: Timothy Olyphant in Elmore Leonard?s ?Justified? on FX 2012-01-05T12:00:00Z Whatever black comedy there is in Mr. Clegg’s book dwindles pretty quickly. Books of The Times: ?Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man?: a Memoir by Bill Clegg 2010-06-15T23:13:00Z The 53-year-old from Redbridge, north-east London, who acted in the films The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, White Teeth and Dirty Pretty Things, was due to appear in Talk Show, a black comedy, this week. Actor Paul Bhattacharjee disappears before Royal Court run 2013-07-16T16:55:27Z Chris, it transpires, is a serial killer and the odyssey that follows comes spring-loaded with shocks and scares and ghoulish black comedy. Ben Wheatley's Sightseers brings English tourist trail to Cannes 2012-05-17T19:00:03Z His mordant, off-kilter humor was also displayed here in “Tragedy: a tragedy,” a black comedy about a local TV news program covering a possible apocalypse, seen in a 2009 staging by the Satori Group. New director in town finds the poetry in ‘Middletown’ 2013-08-22T21:04:52Z Best British film went to Sightseers, Ben Wheatley's black comedy about two lovers on a caravan holiday who embark on a murderous rampage. Helen Mirren accuses Sam Mendes of sexism at Empire awards 2013-03-25T12:48:41Z The Grand Illusion kicks off two weeks of Hitchcock with the 1955 black comedy "The Trouble With Harry," the tale of an inconvenient corpse in a small New England town. At a Theater Near You: American. Film. Week spotlights indies 2012-02-16T21:37:03Z The first season was a delicious black comedy. “House of Cards” Season 4 Is Less Vulgar Than Real Politics 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z But I’m excited for the upcoming “sci-fi black comedy” Iron Sky. Nazis on the Moon: Iron Sky and the Crowdsourced Film 2011-10-26T09:00:59Z Far more successfully than rivals like “Comic View,” his “Def Comedy Jam” translated the atmosphere of the black comedy club for a national audience. Why ‘Def Comedy Jam’ Gets No Respect 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Davis challenged bigotry with confidence and black comedy, breaking the hush of liberal concern, and that was the same cheerful self-awareness that Troyer tapped into. Verne Troyer: a cult star who sustained a career with dignity and good humour | Peter Bradshaw 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z A recent show at Gelman's Perm museum featured an initially heroic image reworked into black comedy. Russia's artists enter political fray in elections 2012-03-01T11:36:13Z Britain has its own black comedy circuit, which exists beyond the mainstream and has its own superstars. Meet black comedy's trailblazers 2010-04-13T20:35:00Z It is certainly not in the style of “The Death of Stalin,” another black comedy that was denounced by the Russian authorities and banned from theaters. Russian Comedy Plays on YouTube, Not in Movie Theaters, to Avoid Censors 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Early reviews said Banks's instinct for fierce black comedy and biting dialogue remained as sharp as ever and the Guardian called it a poignant, difficult and distressing read. Poignant final novel by Iain Banks out 11 days after death 2013-06-20T12:29:05Z The other one is kind of a black comedy about fame. Pee-wee Herman’s Big SXSW Adventure 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z The rioters – in the beginning at least – seemed as full of glee as anger and there were several touches of black comedy. When Brixton burned 2011-04-09T23:05:03Z On a similarly dim-witted note, this year’s set of nominees also included Jennifer Lawrence, up for worst actress for her hugely impressive work in Darren Aronofksy’s divisive, self-indulgent black comedy Mother! Rotten fruit: why it's time to give up on the Razzies 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Because the film is a black comedy thriller, a number of unexpected twists challenge the Kim family's plans. Trump criticizes "Parasite" Best Picture Oscar win because it's South Korean 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z I’ve been dying for just a black comedy, not even highbrow but just at a normal non-dumbed-down level that is clever and funny. Chris Rock and Questlove Discuss 'Top Five' 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z "Bad Therapy," a black comedy in which she plays Susan, a mildly dissatisfied L.A. realtor whose problems get a whole lot worse when her marriage counselor turns out to be unstable. "I like weird things": Alicia Silverstone on her career, from "Clueless" to new film "Bad Therapy" 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z That, too, was a movie that found far more drama and poignancy and black comedy in the pantomime beefcake machismo. Magic Mike – review 2012-07-12T14:29:01Z But even in scenes that are adapted more or less directly from the novel, the tone shifts from black comedy to something far brighter. | 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle': American Gothic Tale With a Ray of Sunshine 2010-09-27T23:00:00Z Nichols's black comedy is a blazingly original cocktail of styles, as if Brechtian polemic, Mike Leigh domestic comedy and zany, Pythonesque sketches are all competing for space in a single, cramped living room. A Day in the Death of Joe Egg – review 2013-04-11T17:13:00Z The solution to the implied mysteries lies in Owen’s past, and a visit to his unstable aunt and damaged sister turn the failed black comedy into a failed American Guignol. Review: In ‘Trash Fire,’ a Familiar Formula Fails 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z This weekend’s final new wide release, Fox Searchlight’s black comedy “Ready or Not,” opened at No. 6, scaring up $7.6 million for the weekend for a five-day start of $10.6 million. Box Office: 'Angel Has Fallen' Rises to No. 1 With $21 million debut 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z Closer to the ideal, somehow, is Elf, a similar black comedy that came out the same year. The Santa supremacy: Peter Bradshaw's top Christmas movies 2010-12-15T21:30:07Z Undergoing Jabadi’s ham-fisted interrogation, Maziar manages to retain his sense of the absurd, as if realizing that Kafka wrote bleak black comedy about humankind’s awful unfairness. Review: Jon Stewart's Rosewater: Laughing Through the Torture 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z A bizarre, elegant black comedy which British audiences never saw. The Cannes film festival in my head 2010-05-11T09:53:00Z It's classic society-in-microcosm territory: Little, Brown promise a "thought-provoking" black comedy. The big novels of 2012 2012-07-13T15:00:07Z Like Camping, Ben Wheatley’s 2012 black comedy Sightseers – about caravanning, technically, though the experience is not dissimilar – explores the dark side of life outdoors. 'If this is paradise, give me hell': the camping shows Lena Dunham should watch 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z No surprise then that Sightseers is familiar Wheatley territory - black comedy and extreme violence splashed liberally across a distinctively British canvas, in this case assorted tourist spots in northern England. Sightseers: Not-so-happy campers 2012-11-28T08:24:19Z This black comedy of a horror movie drolly exaggerated the perils of familial collaboration. Dance Review: ‘A Guide to Kinship and Maybe Magic’ at Dance New Amsterdam 2012-09-13T22:36:30Z Spec Ops is so heavy-handed that I began to wonder if it were intended as a black comedy about Walker’s obtuseness regarding the genuinely horrific consequences of his actions. Video Game Review: Spec Ops: The Line, From 2K Games, Makes Killing Personal 2012-06-25T16:34:27Z Its 2013-14 season will also include “Hand to God,” a black comedy about a teenager battling his demonic sock puppet, which was a critical and audience favorite during an Off Off Broadway run in 2011. ArtsBeat: Maggie Gyllenhaal to Star in ‘The Village Bike’ for MCC Theater 2013-06-18T12:59:07Z Slattery goes for lower-depths naturalism, including extensive scenes in a neighborhood bar, and then tries, without sufficient brio, to transform the misery into black comedy. Movies 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z It may seem strange that “Birdman,” Mr. Iñárritu’s black comedy, may be the most relevant antecedent for a work as harrowing as this one. Iñárritu’s ‘Carne y Arena’ Simulates a Harrowing Desert Trek to a New Life 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z A muddled mélange of black comedy, revenge thriller and feminist lecture, “Promising Young Woman” too often backs away from its potentially searing setup. ‘Promising Young Woman’ Review: Courting Dangerous Liaisons 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Yet a clash between black comedy and Industry commentary dilutes the impact. 'Something Truly Monstrous' draws drolly on golden age of Hollywood lore 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z In 2007, Frank Oz directed a mirthless black comedy with a strong British cast in which a ghastly English clan gathers in a home counties country house for the funeral of a middle-class, middle-aged businessman. Death at a Funeral 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z He is in London to talk about The Art of Self-Defense, a black comedy that holds toxic masculinity in its satirical crosshairs. Alessandro Nivola: The Sopranos film was one of the few times I was first choice 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z “He’s still dead,” Ms. Brabner said over the phone, in a characteristic display of resilience through black comedy. The Unfinished Tale of an Unlikely Hero 2010-09-01T19:09:00Z This reasonably witty black comedy had little success, and Oshima gave up directing to become a popular talkshow host on Japanese television. Nagisa Oshima 2013-01-15T12:43:54Z I don't know if I'm going to be able to answer it in one sentence, but I do think that it is definitely a black comedy. "I like weird things": Alicia Silverstone on her career, from "Clueless" to new film "Bad Therapy" 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z The actor and director of the upcoming black comedy “Suburbicon” also discussed an array of topics, from his friendship with former U.S. More Clooney babies? Not likely, says Amal Clooney 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Andy Warhol was the executive producer of Bad, a perverse black comedy which gained Tyrrell cult status as a frumpy, raunchy social parasite. Susan Tyrrell 2012-06-27T14:41:00Z Five years before, she had tried out for Scorsese’s skittish black comedy After Hours. Lorraine Bracco on Goodfellas, therapy, and almost turning down The Sopranos 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z Variety called it “derivative,” veering from “sitcom slapstick to wannabe black comedy.” Up Close: Tatiana Von Furstenberg on Her Film ?Tanner Hall? 2011-09-15T00:09:57Z A black comedy riff on “Macbeth,” with a side of fries, it tells the story of Mac, a 1970s fast-food worker, and his ruthless wife, Pat. Ten Years Later, Adam Gwon Is Looking to Kill 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Think Nuts In May meets Badlands, although comparisons don't do the film justice: Sightseers is a beast all of its own, a fantastically unique black comedy that's more exhilarating with every viewing. Sightseers: Alice Lowe and the secret terrors of caravanning 2012-11-23T14:00:00Z If the play in which he appears is meant to be a black comedy, it achieves only a gummy, sticky licoricelike blackness. | 'Wild Animals You Should Know': ?Wild Animals You Should Know,? by Thomas Higgins - Review 2011-11-21T03:01:27Z The star of this dry and wicked black comedy is a building: The Curutchet House in La Plata, south of Buenos Aires—the only residence designed by Le Corbusier in the Americas. New Directors/New Films Series Sets Lineup 2010-02-25T17:48:00Z Published: October 13, 2010 If the aim of black comedy is to get under the audience’s skin by gouging inappropriate humor out of uncomfortable situations, then the savagery of “Microcrisis” is impressive indeed. | 'Microcrisis': Just Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor and Their Money 2010-10-13T22:03:00Z Their scenes together reach for a brutal black comedy, while flashbacks to Leo’s past reveal a long-buried tragedy. The best films of 2020 ... that you haven't seen 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z But for a stylised black comedy this is hard to beat. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2013-04-13T04:59:02Z These included a third season for teen drama Euphoria, a second season for apocalyptic drama The Last of Us, and a third season of the black comedy The White Lotus. Actors' strike ends: Which films will resume production 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Roll out the bloodied carpet for “Gen V,” Prime Video’s spinoff from the brilliant black comedy “The Boys.” Review: 'Gen V,' the irreverent spinoff of 'The Boys,' flies on its own 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z For a foreigner getting paid in a stable currency, this was engaging black comedy. For nearly a quarter century, an AP correspondent watched the Putin era unfold in Russia 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z His first novel The Joke - a black comedy published in 1967 - led to a ban on his writing in Czechoslovakia. Milan Kundera, author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, dies aged 94 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Fans of the classic 1964 black comedy “Dr. Strangelove” will remember a moment when the mad doctor warns the president about an impending “mineshaft gap” between the United States and the Soviets. Opinion | With Chinese balloon, a hidden Cold War contest drifted into the open 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z Disorienting, funny and scary, ‘Baby Ruby’ leaves one wondering if the protagonist is in a horror film with no escape, or simply stuck in an everyday black comedy. Review: A woman loses herself in bloodcurdling Mexican body horror 'Huesera: The Bone Woman' 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z The film is a black comedy set on a rural farm in Northern Ireland. Oscars: An Irish Goodbye nominated in short film category 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z In Mark Mylod’s haute cuisine black comedy “The Menu,” Chau plays the militant hostess at an exclusive restaurant who delivers some of the film’s most deliciously scathing lines. A trio of standout roles reveals Hong Chau’s boundless range 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z But appearances, of course, can be deceiving — and when Farrell and Gleeson shared the screen as a pair of hit men in Martin McDonagh’s 2008 black comedy, “In Bruges,” something clicked. Colin Farrell doesn't have many 'true friends.' But Brendan Gleeson is one 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Styled as a black comedy, it follows a bourgeois couple who set out to collect an inheritance from a dying relative, while the country crashes and burns around them. Jean-Luc Godard: Visionary director's life and films in pictures 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Over the years, “Citizen Ruth” has become a cult-favorite black comedy, but it can be hard to find. Once a satire of the abortion divide, ‘Citizen Ruth’ now has a ‘devastating’ relevance 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z “When We Were Alive” is a black comedy in which dead soldiers return to confront their general, who survived and went on to glory. With Kalashnikov Burgers and Black Comedy, Libyans Try to Move On From Conflict 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z That is, until “Official Competition,” a black comedy that opens in Los Angeles and New York this weekend. Why 'Official Competition' reunited Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z That also determined the series’ offbeat tone: narrated cheekily by “Dateline” correspondent Keith Morrison, it plays as a black comedy somewhat in the vein of a Coen brothers film. Why Renée Zellweger took on the strange world of convicted killer Pam Hupp 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z It’s a bona fide humdinger of a black comedy by Martin McDonagh, that master conductor on the route to bloody ends. Review | Martin McDonagh, Paula Vogel add to spring bounty on Broadway 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z In the 1988 black comedy “Vampire’s Kiss,” he ate a live cockroach. Nicolas Cage explains what's real in the surreal world of 'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent' 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z People who dismissed the group Public Enemy and its frontman, Chuck D, “because he’s loud, pro-black, and proud will likely miss out on gifts for blues pathos and black comedy,” Mr. Tate wrote in 1988. Greg Tate, musician and leading hip-hop generation cultural critic, dies at 64 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z The horrifying black comedy from 2000 starred Christian Bale in a career-defining role as Patrick Bateman, a vapid Manhattan investment banker with a penchant for brutal serial killing and the torturing of women. Best Blu-ray & 4K horror movies: ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘American Psycho,’ ‘Unbreakable,’ ‘Doctor X” & more 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z Also coming back is the highly satirical Black black comedy “The Boondocks,” returned to the control of creator Aaron McGruder. 'The Simpsons' is not the only cartoon to revolutionize the sitcom 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z In 1971, Mr. Segal played a sympathetic drug addict in the black comedy “Born to Win,” which also featured Robert De Niro in one of his first film roles. George Segal, actor of roguish charm and wide dramatic range, dies at 87 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z And as the blithely clueless cheerfulness of film’s antihero gradually curdles to cunning connivance, so does the narrative’s black comedy congeal, taking on a tone that is less jokey than sickening. Review | Movie adaptation of ‘The White Tiger’ is social commentary with real teeth 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Walter, Crossley notes, is a writer with broad range — he’s “written black comedy, and crime novels, and historical romance. ‘ Looking for the perfect gift for the bookworm in your life? Seattle’s indie booksellers suggest these 5 titles 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z “The Most Dangerous Game” meets modern U.K. delinquent culture in the raucous indie black comedy “ Get Duked!.” Review: A madcap journey in crude but sweet ‘Get Duked!’ 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Along the way, Willard co-starred in an off-Broadway black comedy with a 20-year-old Guest, a connection that would later change the course of his career. Fred Willard, master comic who starred in "This Is Spinal Tap,' has died 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z As the film turns toward black comedy, mystery and horror, away from social mocking, it becomes far more compelling. Review: 'Bad Therapy' fails to cash in on an intriguing idea of psychobabblery 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z Bong Joon Ho's black comedy made history as the first international film to win the best picture Oscar. Parasite scores UK international film record 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z A black comedy thriller about two very different families in an interdependent relationship, I immediately related to the Kim family’s grit and hustle, ingenuity and their decided lack of Hollywood polish. Why one little Oscar means so much to so many 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z And he seasoned these weighty issues with black comedy. Bong Joon Ho’s Path From Seoul to Oscar Dominance 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z There’s outright slapstick at one end, with black comedy somewhere towards the middle; down at the other end is the sad pointlessness of what these men are doing to each other. Musical notes: Scorsese, Madonna, and the awfulness of millennium pop 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Though it often tries to come across as a kooky black comedy, the movie is better when it’s an earnest inquiry into what it means to be “godly.” Review: 'Three Christs' review: One messiah, two messiah, three messiah ... meh 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Instead, the South Korean black comedy thriller was named the winner of best foreign language film, becoming the first ever Korean movie to triumph in the category. Ricky's best jokes and other Golden Globe highlights 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z It ended up being a face-off between two very different stories about family: a black comedy about a clan of grifters in Seoul and a stirring tale of four sisters in Civil War-era Massachusetts. Bong Joon Ho's 'Parasite' wins best picture at National Society of Film Critics awards 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z This black comedy of egotism could be found even among neo-Stalinist dictators of far later date. The Field Guide to Tyranny 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z “I thought that would be cathartic for some of us, after this crazy, horrible year,” Johnson said of the film’s black comedy, which often delves into politics. ‘Knives Out’ director Rian Johnson reveals how his star-studded whodunit came together 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Laughing, Bong adds, “Please don’t watch that movie. It’s a very stupid black comedy.” 'Parasite' and its take on the class divide could break South Korea's Oscar dry spell 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Happy Death Day 2U This sequel to the surprise 2017 box-office hit “Happy Death Day” spins the story into more of a science fiction direction with a healthy dose of black comedy. What's on TV Saturday: "The Banana Splits Movie" on Syfy 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z The Congolese writer says he was “trying to break the French language” with Broken Glass – a black comedy told by a disgraced teacher without much in the way of full stops or paragraph breaks. The 100 best books of the 21st century 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z Piper, the star of TV shows including Doctor Who and Penny Dreadful, is at this year's Venice Film Festival to showcase her black comedy Rare Beasts. Billie Piper: Trying to have it all is 'stressful' 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z “To bring one back for the team after so many years is special. It was a horror movie with a bit of black comedy out there.” Verstappen wins crazy German GP as Hamilton extends lead 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z In a black comedy, they’d be spun through a series of surprising and ironic twists. Reviews: Sylvester Stallone and Dave Bautista in ‘Escape Plan: The Extractors’; and more 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z Mama Metal A woman whose mother is dying tries to keep it together with a little help from two American theater icons and one heavy metal band in Sigrid Gilmer’s new black comedy. SoCal theater listings, May 19-26: ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ and more 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z In Dislocation, a scientist creates an android version of himself to attend the endless meetings that rob him of his time, in a black comedy of mechanisation and bureaucracy. The Wandering Earth and China's sci-fi heritage 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z In the New Yorker, Pauline Kael wrote that the script for the black comedy “promises that the picture will lift off into the junior division of Blue Velvetland. But layers of didacticism weigh it down.” How ‘Heathers’ survived the test of time to become a cult sensation 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z Despite those quite hefty commitments, Johnson took time last year to work on more of a passion project: “Knives Out,” a black comedy, whodunnit mystery with an all-star ensemble cast. 'Joker,' 'Knives Out' and three more 2019 movies we're excited to see after CinemaCon 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z There are times “Lords of Chaos” is less a black metal tale than a black comedy of manners, which Culkin, incidentally, handles with straight-man aplomb. Review: ‘Lords of Chaos’ skims the surface of bloody killings, Satanic rituals and black metal 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z The Stone indictment reads like a political black comedy. Roger Stone’s and Jerome Corsi’s Time in the Barrel 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z But the style is almost ironic because beneath it there is a great swell of compassion, black comedy and astute personal observation constantly threatening to break through. Tales of unravelling minds: a neuropsychologist’s darkest days 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Not just a black comedy with a feisty feminist heart, the Oscar-tipped film The Favourite is packed with trends for 2019. Leather fetish gear and makeup for men: why The Favourite is bang on trend 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z As savagely satirical as it is gorgeously surreal, “The Great Buddha+” is something else again — an outrageous, poignant punk Taiwanese black comedy marking the feature arrival of fresh filmmaking talent Huang Hsin-Yao. Review: Surreal Taiwanese satire 'The Great Buddha+' is a sharp take on class 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Each of these psychotropic journeys plays out as a visually and tonally distinct tale, from black comedy to fantasy. In 'Maniac,' Cary Fukunaga goes on a journey inside the mind - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z The milk of human kindness does not flow through “Under the Tree,” a blacker than black comedy that is so savage you often don’t know whether to shudder or laugh. Bleak Icelandic comedy ‘Under the Tree’ finds there’s no place like home for savagery 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z I like black comedy, particularly in dark times. Salman Rushdie: ‘I like black comedy in dark times’ 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z Cult of Love A highly competitive family of overachievers clashes during the holidays in Connecticut in this new black comedy, the final installment in Leslye Headland's "Seven Deadly Plays" cycle. The week ahead in L.A. theater, May 20-27: 'Noises Off,' 'The Ballad of Bimini Baths' and more 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z As he would on "First Reformed," Schrader demanded final cut in 2016 on "Dog Eat Dog," a black comedy crime caper with Cage. Paul Schrader wrestles with the sacred and profane in his new 'First Reformed' 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z When "Goran" begins, there's little hint of the black comedy that ignites its latter half. Darkly comic Croatian drama 'Goran' rewards patience 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z While promoting her feature film debut, the black comedy “She Devil,” Barr put producers and ABC on high alert when she said she planned to leave television after just two seasons. Rocky road: Roseanne Barr's rollercoaster Hollywood ride 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z The Trump-Russia story is not the layered drama of your dreams, but a black comedy. The FBI Was Desperate for Somebody to Spy On 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z This would make a great Cohen brothers black comedy, except for the fact that this is our lives and our futures these people are messing with. House Republicans Vote to Release Secret Memo on Russia Inquiry 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z The Syrian government negotiator Bashar Jaafari told reporters it was “tantamount to a black comedy” that these countries were seeking to shape Syria’s political future as Arabic and English versions of the document circulated online. UN envoy to attend Syria peace talks despite boycott 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z A teenager in a refugee camp and an American pilot who has crashlanded in the desert find their paths colliding, in a black comedy about a world in crisis. 2018 in books: a literary calendar 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z He said it goes back to when he first watched “Quid Pro Quo” - an offbeat black comedy about a semi-paralyzed reporter. Local curator talks art, disability 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z But it wasn’t until I watched the film again that I realised that there is a further dimension to Mamet dialogue: absurdism and black comedy. The seven rages of David Mamet: genius or symbol of toxic masculinity? 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, “The Death of Stalin” prevails as a rewarding uniquely black comedy. “The Death of Stalin” is a precarious comedic experiment 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z A black comedy set around Christmas isn’t such an odd pairing in an entertainment era that loves pastiche and tonal clash, and it isn’t exactly a novel idea. Better Watch Out is a surprising, strange Christmas horror-comedy about idiotic boys 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z He turned fully toward commercial work after the success of the 1990 film “Home Alone,” which the New York Times described as possibly “the first Christmas black comedy for children.” John Heard, actor who played an absent-minded father in ‘Home Alone,’ dies at 71 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z Pat Healy directs and stars in a black comedy about a man who specializes in simulated abductions. Every single movie coming out this summer 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Given “Baby Jane’s” scenes of black comedy and Davis’ scenery-chewing and garish white makeup, the film has gained a reputation as a camp classic. 'Feud: Bette and Joan': This is not a love story 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Zama’s brittle vanity constantly sets him up for humiliations, producing a vein of black comedy that runs through the book. A Neglected South American Masterpiece 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z If what’s wanted is farce and tragedy, drama and very black comedy, the inauguration of the 45th president ought to be just the ticket. What to see on Broadway in 2017: Bette Midler, Amélie and a chocolate factory 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z The actress added: "I would say tonally it's black comedy but it might just be black." Billie Piper 'annoyed' by sex scenes in acting roles - BBC News 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Looking at the lineup it seems that black comedy hasn’t changed much since Chappelle went home. Dave Chappelle's return and the state of African American stand-up comedy 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Owners get the entire debut season on three Blu-ray discs with the adventures offering an intriguing and simmering mix of horror, black comedy and high-energy combat sequences. Best Blu-ray horror TV: Ash vs Evil Dead, The Walking Dead, iZombie and Preacher 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z “I think it would be very easy to tell this story if it was just dramatic,” says Horgan, who looked to the Kathleen Turner-Michael Douglas black comedy “The War of the Roses” as a model. In 'Catastrophe' and now 'Divorce,' Sharon Horgan finds humor in the 'horrific awfulness' 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z The film sets us up to expect the darkest sort of black comedy. ‘The Dressmaker’: Too many threads tangle revenge tale 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The London Sunday Times appreciated its “honesty, bravery and touches of black comedy,” and said that the book had “flashes of bold imagination.” A Decade Lived in the Dark 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z The bleakness of Eileen’s life is prolonged and taken to such a level it’s almost black comedy. Ottessa Moshfegh interview: ‘Eileen started out as a joke – also I’m broke, also I want to be famous’ 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Pugh is her own discovery, at just 19 offering a preternatural knack for both empowerment and scheming, all with a kind of black comedy. Toronto: Is a repressive 19th century drama from a newbie director the most radical movie of the season? 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Examining the final years of Eastern Europe’s communist bloc through one family’s story, she fuses artfully composed visuals and stinging black comedy around a lead performance, by Irmena Chichikova, of stunningly unapologetic gloom. Bulgarian 'Viktoria' marks bracing debut for filmmaker 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z But then, as so often happens in climate-change discussions when the talk turns from diagnosis to remedies, the darkness became the blackness of black comedy. A Voyage to the End of the World 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z “Money Monster” is all over the map, mixing earnest contemporary relevance, black comedy, bogus emotion and tragedy with its nominal thriller plot, all to frankly bewildering effect. George Clooney and Julia Roberts get mauled by 'Money Monster' 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z In the black comedy “Mr. Right,” the dangers of contract killing become a violent metaphor for a life-changing relationship. ‘Mr. Right’: Falling in love with a hit man 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z With a rollicking black comedy set in a war zone, the tone necessarily goes plural as the story careens from the abruptly tragic to the blithely, weirdly funny and back again. Another foray into Afghanistan goes astray in Tina Fey comedy 'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot' 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z The two new plays in the Minerva Theatre are black comedy Fracked! Hugh Bonneville to make stage return at Chichester - BBC News 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z It tied for the most nominations with black comedy The Lobster and period drama Brooklyn, with all three contenders for the best film award. Evening Standard Film Awards: 45 Years shortlisted for three awards - BBC News 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” is, at its heart, a black comedy and sendup of both detective stories and Hollywood noir, offering up reversals and plot revelations while smartly playing it all for laughs. Christmas action movies provide holiday entertainment alternatives 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Inevitably, the sequence ends with bloodshed, then gives way to a lurid black comedy that never hits the same graceful highs. The Hateful Eight is Quentin Tarantino at his most sophisticated and sloppy 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Fallout 4,” a haunting epic of a post-nuclear America that veers from hilarious black comedy to heartbreaking tragedy. ‘Witcher 3,’ ‘Fallout 4’ lead AP’s top 10 games of 2015 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z His oeuvre included silent film slapstick classics like "City Lights" and "Modern Times" before he embraced sound with political satire like "The Great Dictator" and black comedy including "Monsieur Verdun". Charlie Chaplin, who spun his Tramp costume into gold, feted in archive book 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z And this character just allows for so much of that black comedy to come forward. 'Jessica Jones' showrunner Melissa Rosenberg talks rape, adaptation, and female sexuality 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z The two starred in the black comedy This is the End, where Watson played herself. James Franco Trolls the World With Emma Watson Tattoo 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z With a streak of black comedy and a terrifying view on human nature, the film features knockout performances by Tom Hiddleston, Luke Evans and Jeremy Irons in its depiction of a world gone very mad. Critics' lasting impressions from TIFF ahead of fall movie releases and award season 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z Now they have alternative comedy, improv comedy, sketch comedy, black comedy, white comedy, nerd comedy. Russell Peters avoids religion in his comedy act 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Black was in town to promote his latest film, “The D Train,” a black comedy about a status-obsessed family man organizing his high school reunion. Shifting in a new direction, Jack Black rides ‘The D Train’ 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z In black comedy, The Painkiller, Sir Kenneth and Rob Bryon will reprise the roles they played to acclaim at Belfast's Lyric Theatre. Kenneth Branagh unveils new theatre company in London 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z The starkness of the source material was replaced by black comedy. Getting to know Dr Strangelove thanks to author Peter George 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z Other foreign-language nominees are Argentine black comedy "Wild Tales" and Estonian war drama "Tangerines." Oscar nominee 'Timbuktu' tackles everyday view of radical Islam 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z The writing falls somewhere between the campiness of Capcom’s “Dead Rising” and the somberness of Telltale’s “The Walking Dead” games, with welcome flashes of black comedy to relieve the anxiety. Review: ‘Dying Light’ brings on the nightmare 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Stanley Kubrick’s legendary black comedy about the nuclear arms race is one of the most influential and memorable movies ever made. 12 perfect films for the snowbound political junkie 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z The Mexican filmmaker, 52, earns his second director Oscar nomination for his black comedy about a washed-up movie superhero who seeks redemption by mounting a Broadway play. Cheat sheet: Get to know the 2015 Oscar nominees 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z And the Argentine black comedy “Wild Tales” took best foreign film. ‘A Most Violent Year’ named best film by NBR 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Set in Iraq and the Middle East, they have been prasied for the black comedy they retrieve from dark times. National Book Award longlist for fiction: even the big names are niche 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z But what happened to a grave digger in Queens on Friday morning could have been a scene in a black comedy. At Cemetery, a Worker Falls Down on the Job 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z You might call it a black comedy of errors, but the humorous side of the film is less well executed than Slattery’s impeccable creation of a certain neighborhood feel. ‘God’s Pocket’ movie review This was black comedy that would have been mildly humorous had it not been real. House Science Committee Turning Into a National Embarrassment 2014-03-31T14:19:58Z The 1990s black comedy Shallow Grave has always been a kind of cautionary tale for housesharers. How do people avoid picking a terrible housemate? 2013-10-23T10:31:07Z Fellow comic and presenter Dara O Briain to a clip of Dexter performing as "the accountant" in 90s flagship black comedy The Real McCoy, adding he was "so sad" to hear the news. Stars' tributes flood in for Dexter 2013-10-20T11:34:44Z Last year's Sightseers, a black comedy about a British couple who embark on a killing spree, received seven nominations at the British Independent Film Awards, eventually winning best screenplay. Ben Wheatley to direct Doctor Who 2013-10-14T12:26:24Z It is surprising to find Michael Grandage directing this black comedy, as he is normally the most humane of directors. Radcliffe's Cripple enchants critics 2013-06-19T10:04:40Z The everyday reality of life in the jihad is often closer to a bumbling black comedy than to a redemptive tragedy or a bildungsroman. Can We Imagine the Life of a Terrorist? 2013-06-14T14:00:40Z Chair of the judges, actress Miranda Richardson, described the novel as a "dazzling, original, viscerally funny black comedy". AM Homes wins women's fiction prize 2013-06-05T20:00:04Z He was one of the pioneers of black comedy - the Real McCoy should be re-shown as a tribute to his work. Stars' tributes flood in for Dexter 2013-10-20T11:34:44Z Also up for best picture are father-daughter tale Beasts of the Southern Wild, black comedy Bernie and Keep the Lights On, a drama about a gay romance. Silver Linings leads Spirit nods 2012-11-28T09:37:27Z It went on to become the highest grossing black comedy film of all time. Fifty shades of capitalism 2012-07-14T19:00:00Z Black music, black comedy and black oratory are integral to the cultural mainstream in a way that would have been unimaginable 50 years ago but is now taken for granted. Magazine Preview: On the Ropes With Herman Cain 2011-11-07T19:17:20Z It achieves the skewering of society’s fascination with lurid court trials that the playwright, Christopher Durang, intended in this black comedy. | Long Island: High Crimes (With Laugh Track) and a Summer Share 2011-07-16T02:37:16Z It is also a black comedy about a bachelor party in Las Vegas going dreadfully wrong. Bangkok's Lucrative Hangover: Sex, Drugs and Popular Sequels 2011-06-20T23:15:00Z Observing that medical professionals and the police have always been known for their gallows humour, he believes black comedy helps us make sense of occurrences that would otherwise be painful and upsetting. Why do people tell sick jokes? 2011-03-18T11:31:38Z A low budget is no barrier to creativity and cinematic innovation in this black comedy of embarrassments about sticking up for yourself no matter how messy. ArtsBeat: Musical Couples of All Kinds on the Bill at Tribeca Festival 2011-03-07T18:00:47Z Appeals, reviews, near-misses were followed by a moment of comedy – black comedy for the fielding side. Mike Brearley: Dropping catches is catching 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z Their second play, which they are rehearsing, is a black comedy about the Palestinian plight. Hemmed-In Gazans Find Themselves Locked in Despair 2010-07-14T05:44:00Z What happened next: an orderly retreat for the Chris Morris black comedy. Sex and the City 2 easily exceeds expectations at UK box office 2010-06-02T11:39:00Z The head-slapping stupidity of the situation could only be viewed as black comedy. Underground |
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