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Table Talk: Parasite (2019)

Anders and Aren discuss one of the year’s must see films: the latest from New Korean Cinema master, Bong Joon-ho, Parasite.

RoundtablesAnders BergstromNovember 22, 2019New Korean Cinema, South Korea, Parasite, Palme d'Or, Bong Joon-ho, Song Kang-ho, drama-thriller, black comedyComment

Review: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is bleak and darkly funny Western anthology from the Coen Brothers, but doesn’t quite add up to more than the sum of its parts.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnders BergstromNovember 20, 2018Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan Coen, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, western, anthology, black comedy, violence, James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Tom Waits, Zoe Kazan, Liam Neeson, Brendan GleesonComment

TIFF15: High-Rise

High-Rise could be a future cult classic, but it's not entirely clear what Wheatley is up to.

Review: Beetlejuice (1988)

Burton's touchstone, but Keaton's triumph.

Christmas: Bad Santa (2003)

Foul and funny, but also a little sour.

Review: Maps to the Stars (2014)

Cronenberg indicts Hollywood with gusto and complexity.

Review: Nightcrawler (2014)

A great film of puncturing wit and punishing cynicism.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromNovember 7, 2014Bill Paxton, black comedy, Dan Gilroy, drama, Jake Gyllenhaal, Los Angeles, media satire, Nightcrawler, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed, Robert Elswit, satire, Taxi Driver, thrillerComment

Review: The Zero Theorem (2014)

Messy, but containing plenty of invention.

The Civilized and the Barbaric in The Grand Budapest Hotel

Anton explores the tensions in Anderson's aesthetic.

Review: Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

Inside Llewyn Davis is a beautiful and darkly humourous film about pursuing artistic and personal success.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromJanuary 16, 2014black comedy, Carey Mulligan, Coen brothers, drama, folk music, John Goodman, Justin Timberlake, Oscar IsaacComment

TIFF13: Moebius (2013)

A sick, twisted black comedy from Kim Ki-duk.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 14, 2013black comedy, castration, Cho Jae-hyun, drama, incest, Kim Ki-duk, Korean, Lee Eun-woo, midnight movie, Moebius, Seo Young-ju, TIFF, TIFF13, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

Review: The Descendants (2011)

A dramatic failure with some interesting components and a strong performance by George Clooney.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromDecember 12, 2011Alexander Payne, black comedy, drama, George Clooney, Hawaii, Shailene Woodley, The DescendantsComment