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For people who enjoy humorous movies with a bit of bite, black comedies are alternative Christmas movies to choose over more standard holiday fare.

In a satirical near-future where 'you're fired' is a discarded phrase, sometimes the most successful members of society are those who work against it

And the award for gutsiest film of 2009 goes to - yes, that's right, Bobcat Goldthwait's World's Greatest Dad.

"Otis" is the new film under Warner Bros.' horror label "Raw Feed." The titular Otis (played by Bostin Christopher) is a burly, sweaty, piggish 40-year-old pizza guy.

Parker is known for her precision - sharp like a knife her criticism sliced. "A Telephone Call" shows she was also a master of fiction. Black Comedy at its finest.

A review of the darkly comic Canadian independent feature from writer/director Chaz Thorne

Black comedy, drama, suspense and heartbreak thrive in the midst of a fledgling family cleaning business for messy murders and other tragic situations.

British horror films have a tendency to fall on the side on black comedy rather than true horror, but with a good reputation in doing so. Does this film hit the mark?

The Fortune Cookie is a smart, scabrous, deliciously cynical take on greed in general and, in particular, the litigious society America was becoming in the mid-1960s.

John Lahr's 1978 biography tells the wildly entertaining and compelling story of the incomparable 1960's British playwright Joe Orton, who was murdered at the age of 34.

What do you get when you mix horror film zombies with claymation, a shaky romance, musical numbers, and one hard-lucked family? The Happiness of the Katakuris.

Nine years after her autobiographical debut film, The Slums of Beverly Hills, hit theaters, Tamara Jenkins's sophomore film, The Savages, was finally released.

Comedian and actor Bobcat Goldthwait, best known for his cutting humor and high-pitched voice, has turned his career to writing and directing independent films.

In Bruges: great music, beautiful architecture, pitch-perfect performances, operatic violence, and some of the funniest verbal fireworks this side of Quentin Tarantino.

Did this lewd scribe take his dead mum's dentures, switching them for props in his black comedy Entertaining Mr.Sloane? Joe Orton: the playwright who "got away with it".

One of the great cult films of the 1970s, Harold and Maude blends an outrageous conceit with a biting anti-establishment satire, tender sweetness and irreverent humor.

Directed by two-time Academy Award-winning cinematographer Freddie Francis and starring Vanessa Howard, this rare comedy/horror cult classic is still waiting for its due.

A dysfunctional family and intense sibling rivalry create a great character study in a well-done, if uncomfortable, film.

"Meet the Browns" presents a romantic drama about how one woman's loss becomes her gain.

Can the tragedy of environmental devastation produce unseen horrors? This isn't a political platform, this is futuristic cyber punk sci-fi world of Split Second

January is the worst time for movie releases; case in point with the mediocre 'Bride Wars,' which at least isn't the embarrassing disaster it easily might have been.

How to Cook a Tart by Nina Killham is a smooth mixture of butter, flour, and murder, whipped together into a saucy, satirical, suspenseful novel.

Sam and Ivan Raimi team up again under the new moniker of Ghost House Pictures for one of the strangest films ever: a cross between The Exorcist and the Three Stooges!

Life on a US army base in Greenland takes a sinister turn in this UK, Canadian and Icelandic collaboration.

Brief biography and work of American writer Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., best-known for Slaughterhouse-Five.

New Year's Eve in Thailand is the highlight of the year, the Dusit Resort in Hua Hin is the top place to be and Ritirong Jiwakanon is once again the man of the moment.

The manager of a ladies department store struggles to keep his life of luxury and elegance in the comedy drama The Perfect Crime (El Crimen Ferpecto).

Out the door like an EC Comics loving bat out of hell, Trick 'R Treat does whatever it can to revive the spirit of films like Tales from the Darkside and Creepshow.

It's easy to see why the Arts Club Theatre Company is Vancouver's largest and most popular theatre company.

For people looking to celebrate the season with alternative Christmas movies instead of the traditional classics, try cult or camp holiday films or independent films.

Published eight years after Sylvia Plath's suicide, Ted Hughes's book of poetry Crow can now be read in light of the suicide of Hughes and Plath's son, Nicholas.

Various film buffs attempt to answer the question: What makes a movie cult?

Neil Marshall's directorial debut comes in the form of Dog Soldiers, a very British horror/action hybrid concerning a handful of army lads and a pack of werewolves

British gangsters Ray (Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson) hole up in a Bruges hotel at Christmas, awaiting orders from their psychopathic boss Harry (Ralph Fiennes)

The AFI top 100 lists a half dozen of Alfred Hitchcock and Charles Chaplin's great films that were not nominated for best picture Oscars.

Mancations are a hot trend, but the concept of guys traveling together for testosterone-centric vacations is nothing new. There are several movies with mancation themes.

Adam Elliot's claymation dramedy Mary and Max is darkly funny and heartwrenching, but nearly derails near the climax. 8/10

Although not all the Oscar winners from the later 1990s were as good as those from the first half of the decade, most were entertaining and are worth at least one viewing

A look at the BBC4 World Cinema Awards, incorporating who won the prize this year and which foreign films have been previously honored.

Kevin Spacey and Jeff Goldblum star in David Mamet's play about Hollywood - the politics, the sex, the money and the friendships

Many people find Christmas unbearable because their lives don't measure up to the holiday ideal. These five movies offer hope to those of us with less-than-perfect lives.

While more well-known novels like Libra and Underworld define Don DeLillo as a social critic, his earlier novel, The Names, define him as a writer.

A mysterious transmission turns people into violent lunatics in this excellent low-budget horror film. The Signal is surely destined for cult status.

Is there a right way and a wrong way to approach film criticism? What separates the good reviews from the bad? These are the questions at the heart of every review.

A look at three critically acclaimed films from Chile and Argentina featured in the 2009 Cine Las Americas International Film Festival in Austin, Texas.

A creepy and atmospheric comedy thriller that's short on laughs but has the aesthetics expected from The League of Gentlemen boys.

Fans of Amy Adams get a double dose of comedy when two of her best films come out on DVD.

Fantasy Writer Hal Duncan shares five notable books with Suite 101 and explains why these in particular have played such an influential part in shaping his own writing.

A look at the five best Irish films to be released since 2000, complete with cast listings and synopses.

Three words describe Priit Pårn's Elu ilma Gabriella Ferrita (Life Without Gabriella Ferri): abstract, pointless and unpleasant. 2/10.