There is nothing lost in translation when it comes to “The Twentieth Century” filmmaker Matthew Rankin’s surreal triptych comedy “Universal Language.” The feature, which debuted at Cannes 2024 and was ...

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Audiences in the Twin Cities are about to wake up to something wildly new. Wake The Improv is a spellbinding and laugh-out-loud interactive show, that invites audiences to step inside their own ...

"I Love Boosters," in theaters Friday, effectively blends surreal fantasy and absurd comedy with relevant commentary about ...

It all starts with a turkey. Though “starts” might not be the correct word to use for Universal Language, Matthew Rankin’s surreal, loopy film set in some bizarre alternate version of Winnipeg, ...

Karan Kandhari‘s “Sister Midnight” is a surreal Mumbai fable with an aggressive comedic rhythm. It’s composed by hitting the same few notes ad nauseam, but hitting them exceptionally well and for much ...

TV comedy can often conform to the same set of conventions, so it's refreshing to see shows which shake things up with surreal humor and strange storylines. These absurd comedies might not necessarily ...

At first glance, The Dress Up Gang's latest project might sound like a surreal comedy built around a rogue plant vigilante, and it is. But beneath the absurd premise of Plantman & Blondie lies a more ...

Friendship, a new nightmare comedy from A24 starring Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd, finally got its first trailer, and I'm starting to think Ant-Man might not be a good friend. Tim Robinson is no ...

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Tehran meets Winnipeg in what Rankin described as an "autobiographical hallucination" through cinema, and it won the Audience Award in Cannes Directors' Fortnight this year. There is nothing lost in ...