

Atrabilious follows Steven Joyner as he tries to solve the mystery behind his son's sudden, tragic and potentially fabricated death. He is led to the titular bar, Atrabilious, and begins to unravel the history of the establishment.
Acting
Jeffrey Wright and Whoopi Goldberg in gloriously unhinged supporting turns.
Production
The bar itself—a character dripping with deliberate wrongness.

Director
William Atticus Parker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director William Atticus Parker is the son of Mary-Louise Parker—proving nepotism can produce absolute chaos cinema too.
The title refers to archaic melancholia/black bile humorism—your first clue that this movie wants you to feel slightly unwell.