‘Happy New Year, Colin Burstead’ Review: Ben Wheatley’s Dysfunctional Family Drama Feels More Like a TV Pilot Than a Film [Festival du Nouveau Cinéma]

It’s the tried and true experiment: stick a dysfunctional family in a big house for a day and see what happens. When done well, it can be a like a cathartic claustrophobic symphony. But Ben Wheatley‘s Happy New Year, Colin Burstead doesn’t pack a punch. This particular story of family dysfunction is set in the […]

Can a Dysfunctional Family Become Functional?

A dysfunctional family is more than disagreement or constant arguments. Anything from plain neglect, to abuse and even verbal and physical violence is the everyday experience of those who are part of a dysfunctional family. You know how this looks: Parents constantly comparing children. Siblings in conflict because of tolerated bullying. Domestic violence. Adultery… And […]

REPORT: ‘Dysfunctional’ Deutsche Bank is preparing to oust CEO John Cryan

REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Deutsche Bank COO Kim Hammonds told a conference that the bank is the “most dysfunctional” company she has ever worked for. Hammonds made the comments at an internal managerial conference. Her comments come as it is reported that chairman, Paul Achleitner is preparing to oust CEO John Cryan after a clash over strategy. A top […]

‘Succession’ Trailer: Adam McKay Puts the Diss in HBO’s Dysfunctional Family Drama

You can’t always choose your family. But you can choose whether to wage a corporate war against your family members in a fight over control for the biggest media conglomerate in the world. Adam McKay takes family dysfunction to another level in the new HBO drama series Succession. The Big Short director takes his brand of acerbic […]