Body Heat - full movie

A brooding 1989 neo-noir film by American director Lawrence Kasdan, starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner.

Genre: neo-noir / crime / romantic drama / erotica 

Moon - full movie

Moon is an excellent 2009 science fiction mystery and psychological-existential drama, directed by the English filmmaker Duncan Jones in his feature film debut, who went on to direct the science fiction action thriller Source Code (2011), the action fantasy Warcraft (2016) and the neo noir science fiction movie Mute (2018). Jones is also known as  Zowie Bowie, because he's the son of the late pop star David Bowie.

The intelligent, unpredictable and compelling screenplay of Moon was written by director Duncan Jones in collaboration with the English screenwriter Nathan Parker.

The story is set on the far side of the moon, where the lonely American astronaut Sam Bell single-handedly mans a commercial space station of the company Lunar Industries on Earth. With the assistance of his talking computer GERTY, Sam regulates the industrial extraction of Helium-3 from the lunar surface and launches cannisters containing the Helium-3 to Earth as a valuable energy source for the home planet. Sam's three-year shift on the moon is coming to an end, but while he's impatiently looking forward to his reunion with his wife and daughter on Earth, he gradually discovers that something is wrong on the moon...

The complex and versatile role of astronaut Sam is brilliantly played by the American actor Sam Rockwell, who carries the entire movie because there are hardly any other actors on screen. It earned him a well-deserved BAFTA Award. 

Duncan Jones also won a BAFTA Award -in the category Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer- for writing and directing Moon. No surprise there either, because Moon is one of the best debuts we've ever seen. 

To watch the full movie, click the link "Watch on Odnoklassniki" in the video screen below, then click the play button, and in the lower right corner on the settings button and "Quality" to select 720p or 1080p for higher quality.

 

Genre: science fiction / mystery / psychological drama

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders - full movie

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (original Czech title: Valerie a týden divů) is an artistic, taboo-breaking and visually stunning vampire fairy tale, co-written and directed by the quirky Czechoslovakian filmmaker Jaromil Jireš. First released in 1970, the film was part of the so-called Czechoslovak New Wave: a cinematic movement that started in the early sixties.

Surreal

Based on the 1935 novel of the same name by the surrealist Czechoslovakian writer Vítězslav Nezval, and merging gothic horror with folk horror, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders bursts with surrealist symbolism referring to the conflicting emotions of the young maiden Valerie (played by the then 13-year-old Czech starlet Jaroslava Schallerová), who gets her first monthly period (watch her menstrual blood drip on a daisy) and who experiences a (probably imagined) coming-of-age drama, thrown back and forth between her curiosity and diffidence, hope and fear, obedience and rebellion, romance and embarrassment, erotic desires and religious sense of guilty sin. 

The convoluted and somewhat inconsistent plot revolves around Valerie's complex relationships with other characters:

- Valerie's strict and secretive grandmother (played by Helena Anýzová);

- the sympathetic youngster Orlík (Petr Kopriva);

- a mysterious vampire, called the Constable (played by Jirí Prýmek);

- the two-faced priest Gracián (Jan Klusák);

- and the sad village girl Hedvika (Alena Stojáková), who is forced into an arranged mariage with a middle aged man.

Dreamy

Forget the plot and just enjoy the enchanting images (shot by cinematographer Jan Čuřík), the lyrical soundtrack (with music by Luboš Fišer) and the timeless, fairy-tale atmosphere that floates between dream and nightmare. Literally a dreamy film, we feel Valerie and Her Week of Wonders should essentially be understood as a feverish dream of the young and impressionable title character. 

If you are a true cinephile, then you'll certainly appreciate this rather obscure gem in the history of cinema.

To watch the full movie, click the link "Watch on Odnoklassniki" in the video screen below, then click the play button, and in the lower right corner on the settings button and on "Quality" to select 720p or 1080p for higher quality.

Genre: fantasy / coming-of-age drama / horror / erotica

The original Czechoslovakian film poster from 1970.

Phantom Thread - trailer

Phantom Thread (2017) -the new movie by the talented American director Paul Thomas Anderson- is a feverish romantic drama set in the London fashion scene of the 1950's, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps and Lesley Manville.

Anderson wrote the script himself, directed the film and also took care of the cinematography.

Watch the trailer below:

Genre: romantic drama

Tess - movie clip

Below, you can enjoy a clip from the visually stunning and delicate 1979 romantic drama Tess by the Polish director and master storyteller Roman Polanski.

The film won three Academy Awards, for:

- Best Cinematography, by Ghislain Cloquet and Geoffrey Unsworth;

- Best Costume Design, by Anthony Powell;

- and Best Art Direction, by Pierre Guffroy and Jack Stephens.

Based on the famous 1891 feminist novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by the English writer Thomas Hardy, the movie is set in Hardy's fictional English countryside Wessex during the 1880s, and stars the beautiful german actress Nastassja Kinski as the poor and unfortunate country girl Tess, Leigh Lawson as the rich and arrogant seductor Alec, and Peter Firth as the young poetic farmer and love interest Angel. 

Firth is not shown in the clip below, but Kinski and Lawson are.

Genre: historical drama / romance

mother! - trailer

After his disappointing Bible epic Noah (2014), the talented American director Darren Aronofsky, who rose to fame in 2000 with his gripping junkie drama Requiem for a Dream, has now completed a new religious and enviromental allegory, wrapped in a mysterious and bizarre psychological horror thriller, titled mother! (2017). 

The psychological horror thriller genre fits Aranofsky well as a director, which is evident from his fascinating 2010 ballet drama and psychological horror thriller Black Swan (read our review). Therefore, we can't wait to watch mother!, especially because Aronofsky wrote the screenplay himself and because the cast includes very good actors, namely Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ed Harris, Domhnall Gleeson and Kristen Wiig.

Watch the trailer of mother! below:

Genre: psychological thriller / horror / mystery / drama / religion

Suburbicon - trailer

We are eager to watch the new black comedy crime movie and anti-racist drama Suburbicon (2017), because the original draft of the screenplay was written by the brilliant filmmaking duo Joel and Ethan Coen, the movie was directed by Hollywood actor George Clooney (who has already proven himself as a director with his solid 2011 political drama The Ides of March) and the cast of Suburbicon includes the fine actors Matt Damon, Julianne Moore and Oscar Isaac.

Watch the trailer of Suburbicon below:

Genre: black comedy / crime / mystery / drama

The Middle Ages in Technicolor

The Adventures of Robin Hood     ★★★★

by Michael Curtiz & William Keighley 

England, 1191. On the way back from a crusade, the English King Richard I (aka Richard Lionheart) is taken hostage by the Duke of Austria. King Richard's unreliable brother Prince John (played by Claude Rains) takes advantage of the situation by usurping the English throne and commissioning Sir Guy of Guisborne (Basil Rathbone) to impose high taxes on the fearful people in England. The Saxon nobleman Sir Robin of Locksley (Hollywood star Errol Flynn), however, isn't afraid of Prince John. On the contrary: Sir Robin of Locksley becomes the mischivious rebel Robin Hood and gathers other freedom fighters in the forests of Sherwood, to start a guerrilla uprising against the tyrannical Prince John...

From left to right: 

Olivia de Havilland as Maid Marian, 

Claude Rains as Prince John, 

and Basil Rathbone as Sir Guy of Guisborne.

Old fashioned family entertainment

The Adventures of Robin Hood is a delightful 1938 adventure movie by the Hollywood directors Michael Curtiz and William Keighley. The film offers enough old fashioned entertainment to please young and old alike: sprightly swordplay, witty dialogue, excellent performances by most of the cast members, romance between Robin Hood and his love interest Lady Marian (played by Olivia de Havilland), and beautiful costumes and sets, all shot in radiant Technicolor. 

The film won three Acadamy Awards, for:

- Best Art Direction and Color, by Carl Jules Weyl;

- Best Editing, by Ralph Dawson;

- and Best Music, by Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

Olivia de Havilland as Lady Marian,
and Errol Flynn als Robin Hood.

The screenplay, which is based on old English folklore about a legendary Medieval heroic outlaw called Robyn Hode, has little to do with historical accuracy, but who cares! The Adventures of Robin Hood is the kind of exciting adventure movie that awakens the rebel kid in ourselves. Rewatching it recently, I felt once again what I felt when I saw the movie for the first time on tv in my childhood: the irresistible urge to go and hide somewhere in the forest with a couple of friends, build a treehouse together and use our secret hideout as a base camp from which we would fight the injustice in the world. My childhood buddies and I failed miserably, ofcourse, because the world is still full of injustice today. But at least we built a (small) treehouse.   

Joeri Naanai

The Adventures of Robin Hood - USA - 1938.

Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Alan Hale and Eugene Pallette.

Genre: adventure / historical drama / romance / action

Dancing on a volcano

Black Swan  by Darren Aronofsky     ★★★★

With Black Swan -a fascinating ballet drama and psychological thriller that premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2010- the American filmmaker Darren Aronofsky has once again proven himself as a very talented director, tackling interesting topics, such as overbearing parenting, ambition, jealousy, identity, obsession, self-sacrifice and insanity.

Duel

The excellent screenplay of Black Swan (written by Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin) is based on The Understudy: an intriguing story by Andres Heinz about the rivalry between two ambitious female dancers in a New York ballet company. 

The company's artistic director and choreographer (played by the French actor Vincent Cassel) wants to stage his own version of Tchaikovsky's famous 19th century Russian ballet Swan Lake and is looking for a new female dancer to replace Beth (Winona Ryder) as prima ballerina. The young, devoted, but insecure and inhibited dancer Nina (Natalie Portman) is under pressure from her overbearing and meddling mother (played by Barbara Hershey) to get the part. Once a ballerina herself, Nina's mother hopes to compensate for the failure of her own ballet career with the future success of her dancing daughter. Nina, however, faces stiff competition from Lilly (Mila Kunis): a new, extroverted and attractive ballerina, who is also prepared to go all the way to become the troup's new dance star.

Alter ego's

Natalie Portman as Nina.

The lead part in Swan Lake requires the physical, dance technical, artistic, mental and emotional abilities to express not only the innocence and grace of the White Swan, but also the sensual seduction and unscrupulous cunning of the Black Swan. The role of the White Swan fits Nina like a glove, but her polar opposite Lilly seems the perfect personification of the Black Swan. Pushing herself to outshine Lilly, Nina has to explore the dark side of her own soul in order to embody the Black Swan. In turn, Lilly uses her feminine, sassy charm to curry favor with the artistic director. During their fierce artistic and psychological duel, the two ballerinas get entangled in a dangerous web of intrigue, in which ambition, jealousy, betrayal and a ruthless drive for perfection push Nina to the brink of madness, leading to a surprising finale that gives the film new meaning...

Reality or fiction?

Following in the footsteps (pun intented) of brilliant dance films in which on- and offstage action intermingle, such as The Red Shoes (1948) by the English duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and Carmen (1983) by the Spanish director Carlos Saura, the lines between reality and fiction are blurred in Black Swan. This results in a compelling, genre-transcending film that balances between an artistic dance movie, a psychological coming-of-age-drama, an erotic thriller and a postmodern fairy tale with horror elements. The film is skilfully edited (by Andrew Weisblum), in such a way that the viewer can keep track of (but still wonders) what's going on, without revealing too much too soon, while the story of the Swan Lake ballet gradually unfolds parallel to Nina's confusing (on- and offstage) exploration of her own feelings and identity, which mirrors narrative techniques in The Red Shoes and Carmen. 

Lots of mirrors and reflections are shown in Black Swan, because at its core this is a film about the self-reflexive search of a girl for her own identity as she's becoming a woman and full blown ballerina. Nina wants to break free from her domineering mother, and stand on her own two feet. But while desperately trying to (re)discover herself, Nina is also afraid to lose herself. Still, she finds the courage to delve into deep, dark passions that go far beyond her own artistic ambitions and touch the essence of human desires. Thus, the erotic dimensions of the intelligent, layered screenplay emerge in the dance scenes and in other scenes that show Nina's budding sexuality while she tries to overcome her prudish shyness.

Pygmalion

Thanks to her acting ànd dancing skills, Natalie Portman won an Academy Award for her demanding and convincing portrayal of Nina's transformation. And the charismatic Ukrainian actress Mila Kunis, perfectly cast in her supporting role of the unfathomable Lilly, won the Marcello Mastrioni Award for Best Emerging Actress at the 2010 Venice Film Festival, where Black Swan was first hown as the opening film. Vincent Cassel, however, lacks charisma in his role of the ruthless artistic director and choreographer who plays his dancers against each other and molds them like a modern day Pygmalion.

Mila Kunis as Lilly.

Visual flair

In the final sequences of Black Swan, during the intense onstage performance of the Swan Lake ballet, the atmospheric cinematography (by Matthew Libatique), the expressive costumes (designed by Amy Westcott) and the evocative make-up are reminiscent of the cinematic magic in the visually stunning classic The Red Shoes: still the most beautiful dance film ever. 

Most of the other scenes in Black Swan are shot in a more sober and realistic cinéma vérité style, which contributes to the credibility of the contemporary setting, but sometimes at the expense of the enchantment in this fable. Yet, even in those scenes, Black Swan is visually interesting enough in its unique and surprisingly thrilling retelling of Tchaikovsky's timeless fairy tale.

Joeri Naanai

Black Swan - USA - 2010.

Cast: Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey and Winona Ryder.

Genre: dance / psychological drama / erotic thriller / horror

The Assassin - trailer

Last spring, the Taiwanese filmmaker Hsiao-Hsien Hou won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his new, visually stunning martial arts movie The Assassin (2015).

Enjoy the trailer below:

Genre: martial arts / historical drama / action

Son of Saul - trailer

Genre: historical drama / psychological thriller / horror

The Babadook - clip

Below, you can watch my favourite sequence in the interesting psychological horror thriller The Babadook (2014) by the Australian director Jennifer Kent.

Genre: psychological thriller / horror / family drama

The Witch - trailer

Genre: horror / historical family drama

The Revenant - trailer

Genre: western / adventure / historical survival drama

Shocking beauty

Under the Skin  by Jonathan Glazer     ★★★★½

Mesmerized. That's how I felt, last summer, when I first watched Under the Skin: a strange, highly original and visually stunning 2013 science fiction mystery, directed by the versatile English filmmaker Jonathan Glazer (known for his 2000 crime thriller Sexy Beast and his 2004 family drama Birth). 

From the onset of Under the Skin, starting with the galactic opening shots which suggest that extraterrestrial forces arrive on Earth, I got the feeling that I was witnessing something very special. Something of a dark, fragile depth, rarely seen in an industry that's preoccupied with box-office returns.

Mysterious and seductive

Based on the 2000 novel of the same name by the Dutch writer Michel Faber, the intruiging screenplay of Under the Skin was co-written by Walter Campbell and director Jonathan Glazer.

The film follows a mysterious and nameless woman (played with glacial superiority by the talented American actress Scarlett Johansson), while she drives in a van through Scotland and lures solitary men into a trap, charming them while hiding her real intentions and maintaining her apparently dispassionate, ice-cold composure; colder than a femme fatale in a cryogenic freezer. 

Scarlett Johansson as the strange woman.

An equally mysterious motorcyclist helps the woman to conceal the evidence of her secretive deeds. What is this methodical duo up to? What is that strange black goo in which their victims end up? Does it extract an energy source or life force? And how does the strange seductress react when she notices essential things around her that make humans human, such as humor, compassion, self-sacrifice, musicality, hunger, fear, lust or love? Is she starting to feel something...?

Experimental

Glazer alternates quasi documentary shots of day-to-day life on the bleak streets of the Scottish city Glasgow with poetic and often hauntingly beautiful images. One of the most lyrical moments is a dissolve between the shot of Scarlett Johansson as the sleeping mystery woman and the shot of a spruce forest that's swaying in the wind. 

The experimental images in Under the Skin -such as the fascinating shots of the dark room with its black, liquid and reflective floor- come very close to museal video art and remind me of the visual magic in Stanley Kubrick's brilliant 1968 science fiction mystery classic 2001: A Space Odyssey. And the compelling soundscapes in Under the Skin (composed by Mica Levi aka Micachu), which enhance the ominous atmosphere that is sustained all the way to the film's tragic ending, are reminiscent of György Ligeti's eerie music in Kubrick's terrific 1980 horror thriller The Shining.

 

Some scenes in Under the Skin, f.e. certain scenes with actress Johansson as the seductress in her van, were shot with a hidden camera. The men who are invited into the van were often unsuspecting passers-by. And it was only after these scenes were already shot, that these men got told they were taking part in a movie. That contributed to their spontaneous, naturalistic interactions while they were secretely filmed. And Johansson herself -with that unique, 'alien', erotic look of hers- is perfectly cast as the enigmatic woman. Through her eyes, we notice (from a new, childlike perspective) the touching stupidity, vulnerablity, ugliness and beauty of mankind (and our individual selves), with wonder and compassion.

What a relief, also, that Glazer had the courage to explain nothing, and leave it to our own imaginations to explore the meaning of what's hidden under the skin of this equally sensitive and disturbing film. 

It's hard to find a more striking example of cinema as genuine art. Both cruel and sad, chilling and tender, Under the Skin is a masterpiece of rare, shocking beauty.

Joeri Naanai

Under the Skin - UK/USA/Switzerland - 2013.

Cast: Scarlett Johansson.

Genre: science fiction / thriller / existential drama

A brilliant, heartfelt road movie

Paper Moon  by Peter Bogdanovich     ★★★★★

Based on the 1971 novel Addie Pray by the American author Joe David Brown, Paper Moon is a 1973 masterpiece that is part of my favorite road movies, my favorite comedies and my favorite films tout court (regardless of genre).

Written by screenwriter Alvin Sargent and directed by Peter Bogdanovich, Paper Moon follows the tragicomic adventures of Addie: a feisty nine-year-old American girl, whose unmarried (liscencious?) mother has just died. At the funeral, in Gorham, Kansas, a certain Moses Pray aka Moze shows up: a selfish con man, who might be Addie's biological father (but that's not sure, since Addie's mother probably had multiple lovers and/or 'johns'). Addie is played by the then only nine-year-old Tatum O'Neal in her screen debut, who's real father, Hollywood actor Ryan O'Neal, plays the role of Moses. 

Tatum and Ryan O'Neal
as Addie and Moses.

At the funeral, Moses says he agrees to take Addie to her aunt in Missouri. But after he has financially profited from her and her dead mother to the tune of $200, by blackmailing the brother of the man who accidentally killed Addie's mother, Moses drops Addie off at the trainstation and buys her a train ticket to Missouri. In turn, Addie blackmails Moses to give her the $200 he got previously. Since he already has spent most of that money to fix his car, Moses agrees to let Addie travel with him until he has raised back the full $200 to give to her. 

On the road, Moses turns the young girl into his partner in crime. Their lucrative scams include short changing cashiers and selling deluxe Bibles to mourning widows who's husbands just died. Initially, Moses and Addie seem to dislike each other. But they might have more in common than they think. As it turns out, the stubborn and wisecracking Addie (watch how she owns Moses during their hilarious standoff in a diner) is at least as cunning as Moses when it comes to survival instinct...

Delightfuly authentic

Paper Moon is one of the best road movies ever. The film is set in the American Midwest, during the harsh years of the Great Depression. Filmed in Kansas and Missouri, in quiet little towns and in the countryside, the scenic locations, puffing old cars, vintage clothing (designed by Polly Platt) and old-time tunes on the soundtrack contribute to a feeling of authenticity.

The film's title, Paper Moon, refers to the delightful jazzy love song It's Only a Paper Moon in the version by Paul Whiteman, sung by Peggy Healy and recorded in 1933 during the Great Depression. The movie's entire soundtrack is a charming, melancholic trip through memory lane (listen to it here). 

And so, we are immersed in the era of the Great Depression, all the more because the film was shot in black and white. A choice that payed off, considering the brilliant cinematography by the Hungarian director of photography László Kovács. On the advice of legendary filmmaker Orson Welles (who was the mentor of director Peter Bogdanovich), Kovács used deep-focus camera lenses (for depth of field) and a red filter (to enhance the black and white contrast). The results are crisp and visually stunning.

Between laughter and tears

The Oscar-nominated screenplay by Alvin Sargent and the choices of film editor Verna Fields and director Peter Bogdanovich focus primarily on the relationship between Addie and Moses. But, along the way, we also meet some other colorful characters in Paper Moon, such as the 'exotic dancer' Miss Trixie Delight (played by Madeline Kahn) and her 15-year-old black maid Imogene (P.J. Johnson). 

Madeline Kahn as Miss Trixie Delight.

Together, this band of four misfits gets involved in funny situations and witty dialogues that constantly switch between comedy and drama. Director Peter Bogdanovich and his cast and crew found a perfect balance between lighthearted humor and sharp social criticism of the tragedy that was the Great Depression. Through the eyes of Addie, we experience how it must have been during these hard times. Not in the least thanks to the excellent performances of the cast.

Tatum O'Neal as Addie (bottom)
and P.J. Johnson as Imogene.

Spontaneous

Ryan O'Neal plays his heart out as the cynical con artist Moses, whose tacky opportunism conceales more empathy than his callous attitude suggests. Madeline Kahn is perfectly cast as the cheerful, but essentially lonely Miss Trixie. And thanks to the bone-dry humor of P.J. Johnson as the unfortunate young maid Imogene, who is wise beyond her years, that character is also unforgettable. But it is Tatum O'Neal who steals the show as the cute, nine-year-old, boyish and cigarette smoking (!) Addie. Although this was her very first movie role, Tatum O'Neal's naturalistic portrayal of Addie finds its way straight to the heart of the viewer, allowing us from the outset to sympathize with the little girl and hope that all ends well with her. 

Since Tatum is the real-life daughter of Ryan O'Neal, that, undoubtedly, contributed to their spontaneous on screen interaction. It earned the fledgling actress a well-deserved Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, beating Madeline Kahn, who was also nominated for her supporting role in Paper Moon. Why Tatum didn't win the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role, is a mystery to us since she played the leading role in Paper Moon. But she still is the youngest Oscar winner ever.

Love / hate

Although Tatum O'Neal is a gifted actress, she has never been able to fully capitalize on her acting talent after the release of Paper Moon. By then, her parents were already divorced. Her father Ryan O'Neal remarried twice (to the actresses Joanna Moore and Leigh Taylor-Young) and went on to have a long-term relationship with actress Farrah Fawcett (who was very popular in the second half of the seventies and who died in 2009). Not unlike Addie in Paper Moon, Tatum felt neglected. In her teens she got addicted to drugs, and her acting career and relationship with her fater went downhill. In 1986 she married tennis icon John McEnroe, but six years later they broke up and Tatum lost custody of their three children. Ryan O'Neal is 74 by now and can look back on a successful movie career. Tatum is 51 and still looks quite young for her age. But because of her drug-fueled past and other issues, she has never been able to fully realize her potential as an actress. Although both O'Neals never stopped loving each other, at least according to their own statements in the media, they still quarrel a lot. Their love-hate relationship seems a fateful reflection of the volatile relationship between their characters Addie and Moses in Paper Moon...

A happy ending?

Paper Moon ends with a beautiful wide shot of a pickup truck and two tiny figures on a deserted country road. It's one of the finest closing shots in movie history. In a similar way as Charlie Chaplin's famous tramp often walked off towards the horizon after one of his black and white tragicomic adventures, Paper Moon also ends with the bittersweet promise that the adventures of Addie and Moses have only just begun. I miss them. And, often, I wonder what happened to them. Let's hope they wound up in a better place than the O'Neals. They deserve a happy ending...

Joeri Naanai

It's Only a Paper Moon

Say, it's only a paper moon

Sailing over a cardboard sea

But it wouldn't be make-believe

If you believed in me

Yes, it's only a canvas sky

Hanging over a cotton tree

But it wouldn't be make-believe

If you believed in me

Without your love

It's a honky tonk parade

Without your love

It's a melody played

In a penny arcade

It's a Barnum and Bailey world

Just as hollow as it can be

But it wouldn't be make-believe

If you believed in me

Paper Moon - USA - 1973. 

Cast: Tatum O'Neal, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, P.J. Johnson and John Hillerman.

Genre: road movie / comedy / drama / crime