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Manual for a Divorce

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Nov 17, 2024 | Cairo 2024, Verdict Shorts |

Peter Ghesquiere channels Wes Anderson in Manual for a Divorce, a mannered short comedy about a couple who are separated when their children get a divorce.

A History of Love and War

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Sep 14, 2024 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2024 |

The tale of Maximilian of Habsburg and Charlotte of Belgium is reimagined in A History of Love and War, an anarchic, absurdist black comedy about colonisation and corruption in a fantastical Mexico.

Bye Bye Turtle

Posted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 20, 2024 | Festivals, Berlinale 2024, Verdict Shorts |

A young girl avoiding her home and a woman returning to hers after a long absence form a brief but profound bond in Selin Oksuzoglu sparkling short, Bye Bye Turtle.

Yannick

Posted by Jay Weissberg | Aug 3, 2023 | Festivals, Locarno, Locarno 2023 |

Quentin Dupieux’s gentle satirical humor has been put to better use than in “Yannick,” a slight (in every sense) comedy in need of either more intelligence or delirium to make it meaningfully fill its 66-minute running time.

Tag: comedy

Manual for a Divorce

A History of Love and War

Bye Bye Turtle

Yannick