It’s been a minute since the slapstick piano trope was in vogue. One prominent exception: the final episode of Two and a Half Men. Will it regain its former fame and glory in French master of the absurd Quentin Dupieux’s latest stroke of genius? Said instrument is the reason for a psychotic duel that takes on virtually Hitchcockian features—and it’s not just the sickly piano tinkling in the background. Caught in this out-and-out maelstrom is a social-media star being blackmailed by a reporter, a personal assistant who must grapple with the whims of his boss, oh, and two tottering tools that are not exactly the sharpest in the shed. The Piano Accident is by no means a yoghurt commercial, but still delicious in its own way. (Thomas Taborsky)