A quiet, cynical and darkly humorous look at Ukrainian life and hopeless dreams of escape that feels both alien and entirely relatable.
Tag: drama
Woman On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown – John Cassavetes’ Opening Night
John Cassavetes and Gena Rowland create a study of fear, guilt and personal horror.
It’s Grim Up North – Alan Bleasdale’s Unjustly Ignored No Surrender
Alan Bleasdale’s black comedy is a rare jewel from the worst era of British cinema.
Knightriders: George Romero’s Ambitious Attempt At A Career Renaissance
George Romero’s first film after Dawn of the Dead was an ambitious attempt to break free of the horror straitjacket.
An Invitation That’s Easy To Refuse
Karyn Kusama’s plodding paranoid religious cult thriller is an example of more being decidedly less.
Teenage Kicks: The Strangely Dark World Of The Last American Virgin
Re-examing the bleakest teen sex comedy of the 1980s.