Black Humour
"Black comedy...also known as 'black humour' or 'dark comedy', is a sub-genre of comedy and satire where topics and events that are usually treated seriously – death, mass murder, sickness, madness, terror, drug abuse, rape, war etc - are treated in a humorous or satirical manner." - Wikipedia
Good Stuff! Alice's dark comedy delights await below.
To Die For (1995)
6.8/10
Director: Gus Van Sant
Starring: Matt Dillon, Nicole Kidman, Joaquin Phoenix, Illeana Douglas
A biting look at pop celebrity and the drive for fame, this wickedly funny black comedy from scripter Buck Henry and director Gus Van Sant stars Nicol... Read more
Tokyo Gore Police (2008)
6/10
Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura
Starring: Eihi Shiina, Itsuji Itao, Yukihide Benny, Jiji Bu, Keisuke Horibe, Ikuko Sawada,...
"Possibly the goriest, craziest, most eye-blowing, chunk-spewing, head-exploding sci-fi movie of all time". So said the New York Post after watching t... Read more
Tokyo Zombie (2005)
6.1/10
Director: Sakichi Sato
Starring: Tadanobu Asano, Sho Aikawa, Erika Okuda, Arata Furuta, Hina Matsuoka
Tokyo's future is overshadowed by a looming mountain of garbage, a stinking blot on the landscape where everything from toasters to cars to corpses ar... Read more
Tony Manero (2008)
6.8/10
Director: Pablo Larrain
Starring: Alfredo Castro, Paola Lattus, Hector Morales, Amparo Noguera, Elsa Poblete
As Augusto Pinochet holds Chile in the grip of dictatorship, Raul, a 50-year-old man obsessed with John Travolta's character from 'Saturday Night Feve... Read more
Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
7.7/10
Director: Paul Bogart
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Harvey Fierstein
Harvey Fierstein adapted his Broadway hit play about the trials and tribulations of being a sexually active, gay urban male in the 1970's for the big... Read more
Towelhead (2007)
7/10
Director: Alan Ball
Starring: Summer Bishil, Peter Macdissi, Maria Bello, Aaron Eckhart, Toni Collette, Eugene...
Aka 'Nothing Is Private'. Writer Alan Ball ('American Beauty', 'Six Feet Under') makes his directorial debut with this controversial adaptation of Ali... Read more
Trainspotting (1995)
8.2/10
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Ewen Bremner, Robert Carlyle, Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Kel...
A gritty, graphically painful and, at times, blackly funny look at a group of heroin addicts in Edinburgh, Scotland focusing on one young man as he re... Read more
Trainspotting ( Blu-ray ) (1995)
8.2/10
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kelly Macdonald, Kevin McKidd, Ro...
A gritty, graphically painful and, at times, blackly funny look at a group of heroin addicts in Edinburgh, Scotland focusing on one young man as he re... Read more
Trees Lounge (1996)
7.2/10
Director: Steve Buscemi
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Seymour Cassel, Anthony LaPaglia, Chloe Sevigny, Carol Kane, Eliz...
An impressive semi-autobiographical writing and directorial debut for actor Steve Buscemi, who crafted this slice-of-life set in and around a neighbou... Read more
True Blood: Season 1 (2008)
7.9/10
Director: Alan Ball, Michael Lehmann, John Dahl, Scott Winant, Daniel Minahan
Starring: Anna Paquin, Jim Parrack, Sam Trammell, Rutina Wesley, Stephen Moyer, Alexander...
Anna Paquin is a telepathic Louisiana barmaid in this gothically sexy and imaginatively peculiar show from Alan Ball ('Six Feet Under') and HBO. It is... Read more