Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020) – on demand
★★★★☆
Inspired comic creation Borat and his daughter fearlessly tease Trump’s America in Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest Kazakhstani spoof Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. Unmissable satire.
comedy
Black Bear (2020) – ON DEMAND
★★★ώ☆
A creatively frustrated film director’s tumultuous visit to a young couple’s lake house may reignite her creative vision in writer/director Lawrence Michael Levine’s Black Bear.
The Climb (2019)
★★★☆☆
In original, smart buddy comedy movie The Climb co-writer/directors Kyle Marvin and Michael Angelo Covino play two losers also called Kyle and Mike.
Greed (2019)
★★★★☆
Nothing exceeds like excess in Michael Winterbottom’s broad satire Greed, starring Steve Coogan as a super-rich high-street-fashion mogul.
La Belle Époque (2019)
★★★★☆
La Belle Époque by Nicolas Bedos has sublime performances from its central characters that combine with a clever, witty, seamless screenplay to create an unashamedly super-enjoyable film.
Greener Grass (2019)
★★★☆☆
Satirical comedy Greener Grass by, and co-starring Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe, is Stepford Wives on acid.
BFI LFF 2019: The Climb (2019)
★★★★☆
In original, smart buddy comedy movie The Climb co-writer/directors Kyle Marvin and Michael Angelo Covino play two losers also called Kyle and Mike.
Ready or Not (2019)
★★★☆☆
Comedy horror thriller Ready or Not is a high-speed roller-coaster ride between the gruesome and the absurd.
The Dead Don’t Die (2019)
★★★☆☆
Jim Jarmusch puts the dead into deadpan as zombies threaten small-town America in The Dead Don’t Die.
In Fabric (2018)
★★★★☆
In Fabric is director Peter Strickland’s latest giallo-influenced horror with a pastiche, absurd ‘70s feel.
Sometimes Always Never (2018)
★★★★☆
Sometimes Always Never, directed by Carl Hunter, is a delightfully quirky film puzzle that revolves around Scrabble and that always-compelling national treasure Bill Nighy.
Festival Review: Dead Fred (2019)
★★★★☆
Dead Fred is a dark comedy about shady goings-on in a sunny New Forest location to die for, directed in an Ealing comedy vein by Deanna Dewey and starring Sandra Dickinson.
Late Night (2019)
★★★★☆
Late Night is a funny, clever crowd-pleaser starring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling that zings with laugh-out-loud one-liners – it’s directed by Nisha Ganatra of Transparent.
Sundance London: Corporate Animals (2019)
★★★☆☆
In Corporate Animals directed by Patrick Brice and written by Peep Show‘s Sam Bain, a team-building exercise in New Mexico for an edible cutlery company goes horribly and comically wrong.