Comedy

Off the Map

7 films

deadpan · restless · absurdly tender

From desert highways to dead-end towns, these eight films reroute the road movie into strange, funny, and surreal territory.

From Transylvania to Treasure Island

8 films

playful · theatrical · nostalgic · campy

Trace Tim Curry's wild ride from cult icon to family favourite, one unforgettable role at a time.

Dolly Parton and the Art of the Country Star Turn

8 films

twangy · glittering · warm-hearted · unexpected

From Rhinestone to Dumplin', a chain of films where country music royalty carries the picture, each in a key uniquely their own.

The University of British Cinema

8 films

witty · bittersweet · bookish · rebellious

From the dreaming spires of Cambridge to the redbrick campuses of the provinces, a journey through the British university film and what it reveals about class, education, and desire.

When the Children's Host Turns Predator

5 films

unsettling · carnivalesque · lo-fi · malevolent

Casper Kelly's Buddy lets a singing orange unicorn hold his own cast hostage inside a deranged 1990s kids' show. This chain traces the lineage of the lethal entertainer, from a killer clown to a killer doll to a killer rabbit.

The Art of the Fall

8 films

provocative · uncomfortable · redemptive

From viral infamy to quiet vindication: a chain of films about bold artists whose audacity is mistaken for failure, tracing the same arc that turned Raygun from a punchline into a conversation.

It was Miss Scarlet, in the cinema...

8 films

Celebrating Lesley Ann Warren's 80th birthday with a journey through board game adaptations, from the witty whodunit of Clue to the explosive naval warfare of Battleship.

The Summer Was Never Going To Last

7 films

melancholy · sun-drenched · tender

From the last sun-drenched days of July to the first rustle of October, this chain follows the slow turn of the season through films that understand the ache of a goodbye.

When Slapstick Becomes Endurance Art

8 films

bruising · deadpan · transgressive · tender

A chain that starts with grown men stapling themselves to each other and ends somewhere near Buster Keaton, via a Belgian postman and a man who actually ate his own shoe.

A Feast for the Wandering Eye

8 films

tender · melancholy · sun-drenched

From Tokyo ramen bars to Mumbai tiffin carriers, eight films that use food to map the distances between people and the places they call home.

Who Is Really Performing Here?

8 films

deadpan · unsettling · playful · complicit

Ali G returns to a world of cameras and marks, and this chain follows the put-on from Staines to Tehran, asking who is really being conned when we laugh.

The Rom-Com Lives in the Hesitation

8 films

wry · tender · observant · bittersweet

A chain about romantic comedy as a precision instrument, where the timing is in the pause and the laugh is in the fumbled hand.