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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fans know Julio Torres as the co-creator of HBO’s bilingual comedy series "Los Espookys" and his HBO comedy special "My Favorite Shapes." Now he's kicking off the next chapter in his career with the ...

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, ...

Fans know Julio Torres as the co-creator of HBO’s bilingual comedy series "Los Espookys" and his HBO comedy special "My Favorite Shapes." Now he's kicking off the next chapter in his career with the ...

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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Whether humor is deadpan, like in “The Big Lebowski”; surreal, à la Tim Robinson’s “I Think You Should Leave”; or observational, as typified by “Seinfeld,” there’s a comedy style out there to tickle ...

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 ...