Synopsis
Ronna (Sarah Polley) spends Christmas Eve finishing her grocery store shift. On the verge of being evicted, she agrees to cover for co-worker Simon (Desmond Askew), a Brit who begs off work to join […]
Entries Tagged as 'Black comedy'
Go (1999)
June 14th, 2008 · 7 Comments
Tags: 24 hour time frame · Black comedy · Dreams and visions
Brazil (1985)
May 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Synopsis
“Somewhere in the 20th century” a bomb - apparently planted by terrorists - explodes in a department store window. A clerical error at the Ministry of Information dispatches a team of stormtroopers to the wrong address, resulting in an innocent family […]
Tags: Alternate universe · Ambiguous ending · Bathtub scene · Black comedy · Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Interrogation · Man vs. machine
Sideways (2004)
May 21st, 2008 · 9 Comments
Synopsis
Hung over from a wine tasting, Miles Raymond (Paul Giamatti) oversleeps and hits the road late from San Diego to L.A. to pick up his crass buddy Jack Lopate (Thomas Haden Church). Miles has finished a novel. Jack is an actor about […]
Tags: Ambiguous ending · Based on novel · Black comedy · Drunk scene · Mother/son relationship · Road trip · Small town · Waitress
Secretary (2002)
May 18th, 2008 · 7 Comments
Synopsis
“I got out of the institution the day of my sister’s wedding,” narrates Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal). The socially repressed Lee has an alcoholic for a dad (Stephen McHattie) and a mom (Lesley Ann Warren) […]
Tags: Based on novel · Bathtub scene · Black comedy · Cult favorite · Mother/daughter relationship · Unconventional romance









