Posts tagged dark comedy
"Only the Good Survive" at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival!

Describing “Only the Good Survive” as a heist-turned-horror film is like calling Panos Cosmatos’ “Mandy” a movie where Nicolas Cage avenges his murdered girlfriend.  That’s not technically wrong, but there are so many more toppings on that pizza.  At this year’s Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, “Only the Good Survive” was introduced to us as an “energetic pop punk horror heist thriller.”  There might not be a better descriptor, but let’s give it a whirl.  That’s what film festivals are for, aren’t they?

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Be careful around The Coffee Table at Fantastic Fest!

If Todd Solondz met Garpar Noé at a party neither one of them wanted to go to, “The Coffee Table” would be the film they’d conceive while smoking a joint on the back porch. Directed by Caye Casas from a script he co-wrote with Cristina Borobia, this entry into this year’s Fantastic Fest will certainly not be for everyone, but it will find you where you live.

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