black comedy

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!

A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.

After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

A guilty pleasure of the mid-20th century, pulp fiction magazines were often defined less by their contents than by their provocative covers. This documentary explores the shocking art that brought life to these lurid publications. Filmmaker Jamie McDonald delves into the collection of art historian Robert Lesser, shedding light on this nearly forgotten art form and the ways it impacted popular culture.

A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.

Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.

Live performance by Scala & Kolacny Brothers, the all-female Belgian rock choir led by brothers Steven and Stijn. "Scala & Kolacny Brothers: Live from Bruges" features "rock's heavenly choir" (NPR Morning Edition) performing a diverse set of "ethereal spine-chillers" (Elle) at Concertgebouw Bruges Theater in the historic city of Bruges, Belgium. 'Live From Bruges' finds Scala weaving their own compositions through imaginative reworkings of classics from artists including The Police, Roberta Flack, The Mamas and The Papas, and U2.

The movie is a deeply black comedy about marriage. Not a single word is spoken, but the killing is all the more rigorous. It is the unusual story of a married couple who constantly try to get each other killed out of love-hate. But the murderous couple has done the math without their daughter, who pursues her own dark goals.