Comedy at its best does more than raise a laugh: Billy Wilder proved as much with The Apartment, a film that wrings genuine heartache from office farce without losing its wit for a second. The genre rewards close attention, and Macca's reviews treat it with exactly that. Browse the collection below.
Rating: 2.0★
I'm not inherently opposed to a zombie comedy. When done right, blending the undead with sharp, dark humour can yield absolute classics. From Shaun of the Dead to the chaotic fun of the Return of the Living Dead series, the genre has proven it can handle laughs and
Rating: 3.0★
Rachel Sennott made me queue this up. Simple as that. After being completely won over by her in Shiva Baby and Bottoms, I knew she was one of the most exciting young comic performers working right now, and I wasn't about to let a slasher-comedy with her
Rating: 3.5★
When you put Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel in the same frame, something almost alchemical happens. You don't even need to build much of a story around them. Just point the camera, get out of the way, and let two absolute powerhouses do what they've spent
Rating: 3.0★
There is something undeniably arresting about watching a teenager narrate her own messy, chaotic awakening into a clunky 1970s dictaphone while sketching comic books. It pulled me in immediately, and for a while I thought I was watching something genuinely special. By the end, I was left with something more
Rating: 3.5★
I've heard the names Asterix and Obelix my entire life. They are an unavoidable pillar of European pop culture, even if their footprint has shrunk a bit here in the UK in recent years. Endless merchandise, cultural osmosis, playground references. Yet, somehow, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo'
Rating: 3.5★
There is a quiet magic to A Dessert for Constance that genuinely sneaks up on you. Sarah Maldoror's 1981 picture announces itself with the kind of premise that could easily slide into bleak social commentary: two immigrants in France, doing the thankless, back-breaking work of refuse collection.
Rating: 2.0★
I must be missing the memo. Fallen Leaves has been hailed all over the place as some sort of triumphant return to form, a festival darling showered with praise, and I sat there watching it wondering what on earth everyone else was seeing that I wasn't. Strip away
Rating: 4.0★
Let's get the "female Superbad" label out of the way right now, because it's both accurate and reductive in equal measure. Yes, Bottoms absolutely belongs in that specific, highly coveted corner of chaotic, hormone-fuelled teen cinema alongside the likes of Booksmart. But the
Rating: 3.5★
Sometimes a film catches you completely off guard, and that's the best possible feeling. I'll be honest: a 1980s rural Slavic road trip movie wasn't exactly on my radar as essential weekend viewing. But Slobodan Šijan's Who's Singin' Over
Rating: 2.5★
There's a very specific, nostalgic charm to the final gasps of traditional 2D animation at Disney, right before the studio completely surrendered to the CGI takeover. Something bittersweet hangs over these late entries in the hand-drawn era, a sense that you're watching a craft at
Rating: 2.5★
I'll be honest with you: silent cinema and I have never been the best of mates. Too often I find the pacing drags, and the absence of dialogue puts up a wall between me and genuine emotional engagement. That said, there are certain names that demand your respect
Rating: 3.5★
Seventy million dollars. For sixteen minutes. Let that sink in for a moment. The Audition, Martin Scorsese's 2015 short film, was reportedly bankrolled by Macau casino groups to that frankly staggering sum, and when you first hear that figure, your brain does a little somersault. But then the
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