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Burning PalmsBurning Palms (2010)
Dir. Christopher Landon
Feat. Jamie Chung, Rosamund Pike, Zoe Saldana
Five sordid satires make up this extremely dark comedy with incest, rape, suicide, infanticide and an eternal fecal smell as plot devices. Obviously…
HesherHesher (2010)
Dir. Spencer Susser
Feat. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Natalie Portman, Devin Brochu
Cruel comedy as black as the tee–shirt of its stringy–haired, metal–loving, borderline–sociopath titular character, who…
It's a Wonderful AfterlifeIt's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010)
Dir. Gurinder Chadha
Feat. Shabana Azmi, Goldy Notay, Sanjeev Bhaskar
The director of BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM serves up an less–than–subtle mix of cultural satire, black comedy, and Ealing–style humour in…
KlownKlown (2010) Aro Favourite
Dir. Mikkel Nørgaard
Feat. Frank Hvam, Casper Christensen, Marcuz Jess Petersen
Danish comedians Frank Hvam and Casper Christensen play debauched versions of themselves on a weekend canoe trip away with their long–suffering…
Little FockersLittle Fockers (2010)
Dir. Paul Weitz
Feat. Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson
Star–powered third entry in popular familial dysfunction series has Ben Stiller once again struggling to win stern patriarch De Niro's approval…
Perfect Host, ThePerfect Host, The (2010) Recommended
Dir. Nick Tomnay
Feat. David Hyde Pierce, Clayne Crawford, Nathaniel Parker
Cat–and–mouse thriller with a bank robber crashing a dinner party, unfortunately he gets more than he bargained for from the urbane host.…
SuperSuper (2010)
Dir. James Gunn
Feat. Rainn Wilson, Elliot Page, Liv Tyler
Violent comedy with Rainn Wilson as a schlubb turned violent avenger after his wife runs off with a drug dealer. Uneven, perhaps intentionally, with…
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New OrleansBad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) Recommended
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer
Werner Herzog's spin on the 1992 bad–boy classic delights in seeing a pasty, middle–aged Nicolas Cage cracking up (in all three meanings…
Dead Like Me: Life After DeathDead Like Me: Life After Death (2009)
Dir. Stephen Herek
Feat. Ellen Muth, Callum Blue, Sarah Wynter
Feature–length movie spin off of the TV series focusing on the undead missionary 'Reapers' and their reactions to their…
DogtoothDogtooth (Kynodontas) (2009) Aro Favourite
Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
Feat. Aggeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni, Hristos Passalis
An astringent, blackly comic tale of a modern Greek family whose adult children have been imprisoned in their home since birth. Something of a…

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