Six short stories, some centered on urban terrorism and/or revenge, most morbidly amusing, and all topfull of irony. It’s rare to find an omnibus film in which all of the pieces coalesce to form a unified whole, and even more uncommon when each segment is strong enough to pass as a stand-alone. Most filmmakers can’t tell one story, let alone juggle six, inevitably forcing viewers to favor one sequence over another. For me it peaked with a pre-credit blast of inspired Buñuelian absurdity: a group of unwitting airline passengers discovering that their worst enemy is piloting the plane. Writer-director Damián Szifron has a nasty habit of putting the camera where it doesn’t belong (behind and inside objects), but if you don’t take it too seriously – unlike Academy voters who nominated it for best foreign film – you’ll have fun with this glossy Argentinian take-off on Rod Serling’s Night Gallery. (2014) — Scott Marks
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