Tag: Comedy
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FORCE MAJEURE aka TURIST
“Force Majeure” (or Turist as orginally titled) is a 2014 drama directed by Ruben Östlund that explores human behavior’s complexities and relationships’ fragility. The film takes place during a family vacation in the French Alps, where a seemingly idyllic holiday takes a sudden and shocking turn.Tomas (played by Johannes Kuhnke) and Ebba (played by Lisa…
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FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH
“Fast Times at Ridgemont High” is a classic coming-of-age comedy film released in 1982. Directed by Amy Heckerling and written by Cameron Crowe, the film is a humorous and insightful glimpse into a group of high school students navigating the trials and tribulations of adolescence.Set in Southern California, the story primarily revolves around the lives…
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AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
“An American Werewolf in London” is a horror-comedy film directed by John Landis in 1981. The story follows David Kessler (David Naughton) and his friend Jack Goodman (Griffin Dunne), two American college students who embark on a backpacking trip across the picturesque countryside of England. While wandering through the remote moors late at night, David…
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SWEET MOVIE
“Sweet Movie” is a controversial avant-garde film directed by Dusan Makavejev and released in 1974. The movie explores sex, politics, and human nature, using a nonlinear structure and a series of loosely connected vignettes. The film follows two main storylines. The first centers around a beautiful young woman named Miss Canada (played by Carole Laure),…
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GREETINGS
“Greetings” is a 1968 drama comedy directed by Brian De Palma. The film follows the lives of three young friends: Jon Rubin (played by Robert De Niro), Joey (played by Gerrit Graham), and Lloyd Clay (played by Allen Garfield), as they navigate their way through the various challenges of life in late 1960s New York…
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PUTNEY SWOPE
“Putney Swope” is a satirical comedy film directed by Robert Downey Sr. The film is set in advertising and centers around the fictional company, “Truth and Soul, Inc.” The story follows the unexpected rise of Putney Swope (played by Arnold Johnson), an African American executive appointed as the company’s new chairman following the previous chairman’s…
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HOUSE
“House” is a cult classic horror-comedy film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi and released in 1977. The movie follows a group of schoolgirls who travel to a countryside house to spend their summer vacation with their eccentric and mysterious aunt. However, as they arrive, strange and supernatural events begin to unfold, and the girls find themselves…
The Other Cinema 