Category: Comedy

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  In Fabric (2018)

  April 28, 2020

  2010s, Arthouse Cinema, British Cinema, Comedy, Giallo, Horror

  Peter Strickland is a British director I have time for, because of his second and third films, Berberian Sound Studio and The Duke Of Burgundy, playing with older genre forms (Italian horror movies, European erotica) and crafting art-house homages that almost have an academic, clinical bent. Strickland’s latest film, In Fabric (2018) is a strange… Read.

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  Drunken Master (1978)

  April 20, 2020

  1970s, Action, Comedy, Hong Kong Cinema, Martial Arts

  I’d long heard about the legend of Drunken Master (1978) so it was good escapism to finally catch up with this iconic Jackie Chan film, a box office hit in Hong Kong early in his career, Wikipedia tells me. As the character of Wong Fei-Hung, Chan is a cheeky, cocky troublemaker whose mischief catches up… Read.

• The Last Dragon (1985)

  April 6, 2020

  1980s, Action, Comedy, Martial Arts, Music, Musicals

  My favourite moment in Motown producer Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon (1985) is when a packed movie theatre showing Enter The Dragon is interrupted randomly by two break-dancers and a boom-box, who are then shouted down and told to leave. Right before the unforgettable Sho’nuff (played by Julius J. Carry III in an indomitable performance)… Read.

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  The Beach Bum (2019)

  January 28, 2020

  2010s, Comedy, Miami, Stoner Movies

  The Beach Bum (2019) was one of my favourite films of 2019 but sadly did not receive a cinema release in Western Australia (you can now watch it legally as the DVD, not the Blu Ray, is available to purchase at JB HiFi). One reason for the lack of screenings is that the film was… Read.

• Sleuth (1972)

  January 2, 2020

  1970s, British Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery

  Listening to several interviews with Knives Out director-writer Rian Johnson, he mentioned several influences on his take on the “Whodunnit?” genre (including some very obscure ones like The Last Of Shelia). I’d heard of Sleuth (1972) ever since an old movie book I once read spoiled the ending with its chapter on ‘Classic Movie Deaths’.… Read.