dark comedy

Jim Hosking's The Greasy Strangler

I’m genuinely certain The Greasy Strangler fits no preexisting category of film, and probably never will.

Megan Park's My Old Ass

Megan Park’s My Old Ass plays with coming-of-age tropes inventively enough to stand out in a relatively crowded category.

Mimi Cave's Fresh

Mimi Cave's Fresh succeeds due to its confident visual language (and dance numbers), and it is altogether delectable.

Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice

Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice is a razor-sharp satire constructed around a culturally-pervasive male archetype.

James Sweeney's Twinless

Writer-director-actor James Sweeney’s Twinless is a beautifully written reflection on companionship, envy, loss, and forgiveness.

Jim Cummings' Thunder Road

Writer-director Jim Cummings deftly balances the emotional with the downright silly in his feature-length debut.

Daniels' Swiss Army Man

Not enough of the world has seen this film. I’m certain of it.

Ari Aster's Eddington

No matter the debate on the film’s ideological merits, Ari Aster’s Eddington is a captivating film.

Evan Morgan's The Kid Detective

Adam Brody (The O.C., Nobody Wants This) co-stars in this two-hander with the well-capable Sophie Nélisse (Yellowjackets).

Yorgos Lanthimos' Bugonia

Alister Grierson's Bloody Hell

A bonkers, tongue-in-cheek grindhouse film, drenched in deranged humor and violence.

Daniel Scheinert's The Death of Dick Long

A weird, perverse train wreck from which you cannot avert your eyes.

Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another

The kind of movie that reminds you of the magic of cinema.

Ant Timpson's Come to Daddy

A bloodied, demented rumination on the father-son relationship

Boots Riley's Sorry to Bother You

A cluttered, peculiar and disorienting satire from a singular writer-director.

Andrew DeYoung’s Friendship

Writer-director Andrew DeYoung elevates Tim Robinson’s signature brand of humor into something more layered and emotionally resonant.

Zach Cregger's Weapons

This movie will scare the shit out of you, and also make you laugh very hard.

Emilie Blichfeldt's The Ugly Stepsister

Twisted, elevated body horror that begs for comparison with The Substance.

Dan Berk & Robert Olsen's Villains

Unpredictable, explosive, and plain-old fun.

Andrew Gaynord's All My Friends Hate Me

Young-hot-friends-go-away-together movies are in the midst of a renaissance of sorts.

Emma Seligman’s Shiva Baby

Delightfully relatable tension, heart, and humor.

Aaron Schimberg's A Different Man

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