CTRL Z: gentle romantic time-travel comedy with a sting in its tail
James Kennedy, “CTRL Z” (2017) Cats may have nine lives but the characters in this
Tag: Romantic Comedies
Some Like It Hot: a cheerful screwball satire about the search for love and security
Billy Wilder, “Some Like It Hot” (1959) Astonishingly this classic Hollywood slapstick comedy still holds
Check Please: awkward romantic situation comedy with unattractive characters
Daniel Sorochkin, “Check Please” (2015) A man, Ben (Bryan Manley Davis), takes his girlfriend Laura
Australian and New Zealand Films
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears: cliched Hollywood treatment of an Australian heroine
Tony Tilse, “Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears” (2020) Filmed as an addition to
Future Boyfriend: a sweet sci-fi romantic comedy offering a second chance of life
Ben Rock, “Future Boyfriend” (2016) Adapted from a play written by A Vincent Ularich for
A Date in 2025: sci-fi romantic comedy short on human-technology interactions
Ryan Turner, “A Date in 2025” (2017) Goofy teenage romantic comedy about a socially awkward
The Beautiful Leukanida: early animated fable of love, jealousy, war and annihilation in an insect universe
Wladyslaw Starewicz, “The Beautiful Leukanida / Prekrasnaya Lyukanida” (1912) In a long career spanning some
The Cameraman’s Revenge: the camera as a mirror of human behaviour as performed by insect puppets
Wladyslaw Starewicz, “The Cameraman’s Revenge” (1912) A deftly crafted and delightful animation short, this silent
French and French-language Films
Last Year at Marienbad: a comic and often repetitive satire on the empty lives of the wealthy
Alain Resnais, “Last Year at Marienbad / L’Année dernière à Marienbad” (1961) At times hilarious,
Dark Horse: a bleak and surreal comedy satire on dysfunctional middle class suburban families
Todd Solondz, “Dark Horse” (2011) A bleak comedy expressing despair over the human condition, “Dark
