Sentences with phrase «black humour in»

But it's in digging out the black humour in the petty criminal's scrap to survive that Slattery distinguishes himself.»

There's plenty of potential for jagged black humour in this suburban comedy - drama, but the filmmakers never take a single risk.

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He recommended treatment through modified diet, bloodletting, and medicines believed to have a cooling and drying effect, in an effort to restore balance to the «four humours»: black bile, yellow bile, blood and phlegm.

This is fine in the first ten minutes or so where the characters are being introduced and the Squad is being assembled; there's a lot of welcome black humour, particularly from a well - cast Margot Robbie, which serves to separate her version of the character from that in Batman: The Animated Series.

One of those films that kinda sits in the «Army of Darkness» camp in terms of black humour and completely bizarre wacky imagination.

Original tongue in cheek black humour.

Sono writes and directs with a sharp sense of black humour that contrasts Izumi's sexual awakening with the a policewoman (Mizuno) investigating a hideous double murder in a «love hotel».

The opening lines of Stephen Sondheim «Äôs macabre musical may be missing, but our introduction to the gruesome, grimy streets of London still retains a distinctive visual flair; saturated in soot and scum, Tim Burton's take on the Demon Barber of Fleet Street borders on graphic novel, oozing with oil - black humour.

A pitch - black sense of humour provides some strong laughs in this satirical British thriller, but the undercooked script never manages to hold onto our interest.

As soon as the film started, it was clear that July's voice as a filmmaker hasn't changed that much in the past five years — the same irreverence, black humour and playful charm abounds — but the film lacks the bounce of her first feature.

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The Other Side of Hope is my favourite of all, I'll never tire of Aki Kaurismäki's black humour, unique visual style and enduring humanity.The Other Side of Hope put me through the emotional spectrum in the space of 100 minutes and I loved every moment of it.

What's racist is that the source of the humour is a black guy cynically playing the race card in a movie that subsequently mines laughs from someone's accent.

Consider, too, that despite all those contortions invested in balancing the character, the actor (Jordan Prentice, habitually mistaken for Peter Dinklage by ignorant Sundance pundits) is left at the end with the burden of a grisly rimshot / punchline so undignified that its black humour becomes the one thing that any humour should never be: completely unfunny.

In 2016, Deadpool proved to be the rarest of things — a major comic book movie that was openly allowed to revel in the darkest corners of pitch black humour and gratuitous violencIn 2016, Deadpool proved to be the rarest of things — a major comic book movie that was openly allowed to revel in the darkest corners of pitch black humour and gratuitous violencin the darkest corners of pitch black humour and gratuitous violence.

As they unravel the sadness of their lives in a mix of cynicism and black humour pain bubbles to the surface...

The film's jazz soundtrack, gorgeous black - and - white cinematography and deadpan humour create a romantic melancholic atmosphere that is highly enjoyable to indulge in, with Niko as a charismatic flâneur.

James Purefoy's performance is as quietly intense as ever, and the show proves that it can use that for both nailbiting tension, in the case of Beau's forest encounter, and brilliantly black humour.

It's quite likely that there will be some humour in McBride's «Halloween» script — if even the kind of smart satirical black humour that littered Wes Craven's «Scream» films.

But where Moonrise was awash with wistful nostalgia in its take on adolescence, romance and scouting, Anderson's latest mines its period setting in service of a broadly comical tale which enjoys frequent diversions into both black and off - colour humour even as a body count amasses and the Second World War threatens to intrude on the borders of the titular hotel's fictitious homeland....

Thankfully, there's a recurrent streak of black humour which stops Green Room from getting too bogged down in the misery and emotional (plus very physical) torture, not the least one recurrent gag which earns the film a deep belly laugh, right at the best possible moment.

Throw into that an extremely likeable performance from Christopher Lloyd and a bit of black humour that a Halloween episode of The Simpsons may try to evoke and the film does have an off - kilter but hypnotic charm that draws you in.

But mostly the ruthless black humour is sustained, and occasionally some genuine emotion can creep in and touch our hearts.

Working exclusively in that confined space, unravelling a plot that unfolds in real time, Cortes does a nice job sustaining the suspense, even tossing in Hitchcockian dollops of black humour.

Beautifully shot in black and white, and favouring minutely designed long takes — as a conscious homage to some of the directors Ross Perry admires, such as Philippe Garrel — The Color Wheel playfully hovers between abstraction, realism with a faux - improvised feel, and New York Jewish humour — a staple in Altman's comedic routine.

Having stopped at the entrance to sign our waiver form - lots of black humour about being eaten by lions - we head into the park and cross a river where all vehicles stop to gaze down upon a pair of hippos cavorting in the water below.

Black Panther may be drawing in the crowds on the big screen, but should you need your Marvel experience to involve a bit of LEGO humour, then there is only one way thing to do — download the latest LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 DLC pack!

Yes, it was a controversial decision to replace long serving Fisher voice actor Michael Ironside, and it's even worse when the new actor sounds so generic, and the character is also lacking in the black humour that he has become known for over the years.

It can be extremely offensive in its use of black humour and subversive jokes, addressing issues of violence, war, the Holocaust, genetic manipulation and death in all their inhumanity.

Through Nagle's sophisticated humour, the 50s pink - and - black decor of naugahyde and speckled linoleum co-exists with the 50s splattered drip paintings of the Abstract Expressionists; the thick, creamy glazes of Japanese ceramics seem to come in thirty - one flavours, and the structures of moderne architecture can be held in the palm of your hand.

Memory, unfulfilled longing and a kind of black surrealist humour all have their place, but in whatever manner and medium Austen's work is constantly surprising and always exquisitely and logically constructed.

Running from 16 March until 6 May, the show portrays the incredibly persuasive power of language and British humour in art, with these four groundbreaking artists highlighted as prime examples of how they're using text and black humour to make a statement.

By referencing romanticism, grand - guignolesque black humour and symbolism, he creates intense personal moments masterfully created by means of rules and omissions, acceptance and refusal, luring the viewer round and round in circles.

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Anyway, I see a huge amount of playfulness in Himid's celebrations of black creativity, beauty in Anderson's paintings and mordant humour in Büttner's trays of wilting Welsh moss.

Examining the dark humour that emerged during Algeria's «black decade» (1991 — 2001), a period of internal war resulting in the deaths of an estimated 200,000 people, this work considers how joke telling can become a way for trauma to be emotionally assimilated within society.

Presented with both seriousness and humour (often black) and in an extraordinary diversity of material and approaches, both traditional and unexpected, these works serve as memorable metaphors of many aspects of our times.

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Limestone floor tiles juxtapose with black stained wood doors in this striking hallway design, where letters add a touch of humour.