The Lyons
A man on his deathbed is surrounded by bickering family members, many of which you would strangle him given the chance. In other words: a brilliant comedy!
Tag: Dark Comedy
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
The love story between a psychotic Irish revolutionary and his cat. Wear old clothes, the blood sprays to row F in this dark, dark comedy.
Chaplin’s War Trilogy
This thoughtful and well-documented text explores the history of dark comedy in film through the perspective of Charlie Chaplin’s work and his movies about war.
Guns On The Clackamas
Don’t worry that all the actors die in Bill Plympton’s low-budget Western – the show must go on, sez Carl F Gauze.
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