There are filmmakers that work hard to get laughs from their audience, staging elaborate or violent pranks like the boys from Jackass or out-doing each other in the gross-out stakes like those from the Knocked Up school. Not Wes Anderson, however. His films meander through hyperstylised worlds, delivering equal parts pathos and dark comedy, and […]
The French title of this film, taken from the long novel from which it is adapted is Ensemble, c’est tout and I much prefer the producer’s choice for the Finish translation Kimpassa, which simply means ‘together,’ rather than the strangely enigmatic Hunting and Gathering. The film is all about togetherness, gently exploring how you will […]
One thing that always comes around at this time of year is the American Santa film. If you believe in them, this is a mostly cheerful, sometimes cheesy and always predictable version that gives a few good laughs with its snowy and run-of-the-mill slapstick comedy before nose-diving down the chimney into a schmaltzy feel-good ending. […]
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