THE F-WORD - ALEX CANNON & PAUL CANNON (2022)

Written and directed by American filmmaking brothers, Alex & Paul Cannon, The F-Word explores a divorced father's awkward attempts to explain how "fuck" can be used in a variety of situations, its meaning changing with the syntax, but being especially useful when it comes to verbalising his anger towards her mother. It's reminiscent of the Irish short film, What's Virgin Mean?, but the comedy is more embedded in the character, and thus more Woody Allen, which is perhaps why The New Yorker picked it up. It very much blurs the line between short film and comedy sketch, which seems increasingly common, and mostly defined by the length of the film. If you like it, be sure to rate it and share it.