Friday Film Noir

Bernie (2011) is a dark comedy-drama directed by Richard Linklater and written by Skip Hollandsworth and Linklater, based on true events. The film follows assistant funeral director Bernie Tiede (Jack Black) in tiny Carthage, Texas, who befriends a wealthy, bitter widow named Marjorie Nugent (Shirley MacLaine). After enduring endless emotional abuse, Bernie shoots her and hides her body in a…