He Died With Felafel In His Hand (2001, NR)

This film is an understated Australian comedy (with dramatic aspects).  It follows a struggling writer and the numerous friends with whom he shares a rented house.  Well... more of attempted writer... he spends most of his "writing" time in the film just staring at his typewriter rather than writing things he's unsatisfied with.  Anyway this is a quirky ensemble story told as vignettes over the course of a year.  The opening scene in which main character Danny finds his friend dead with a felafel in his hand (hence the title) is actually very near the end of the chronology.  Most of the characters have pretty deadpan expressions on their faces throughout the movie (with occasional emotional outbursts) with absurd things happening around them (or sometimes because of them).  It feels a kind of like a cross between the shows The Kids In The Hall or Monty Python's Flying Circus and the film The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou in that way.
  When someone asks you what the movie is about, the plot points aren't the point, it's the humorous (and occasionally poignant) interactions that make it worth watching (while there are some one-on-one interactions, like in The Four Faced Liar, most tend to be three or more people in a conversation).  As with most comedies, it gets more serious near the end, but there's still some quirky humor to be had near the end as well.  It's witty (but not non-stop) and intelligent, and has more than a couple literary references (which I like).  If you like Wes Anderson movies (particularly Life Aquatic), or non-American sketch comedy (Kids In The Hall, Monty Python), or witty movies about writers, then you'll probably love this movie.  But if you don't like generally soft-spoken, characters with hanging facial expressions not moving around very quickly then (if you see one movie like that, you'll know whether it's your thing or not), then you'd have more fun with another movie.  For me this is 4.5 stars.