Tag: Dancer in the Dark
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Trailer Watch: 25th Anniversary 4K Restoration of Lars von Trier’s The Idiots
Mubi has released a new trailer for the 25th anniversary 4K restoration of Lars von Trier‘s dark comedy The Idiots. The only film that von Trier made under the Dogme 95 “Vow of Chastity”, The Idiots centers on a commune in the Danish suburbs where members aim to disrupt wider “bourgeoisie” society by pretending to…
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Titane may not have been the best film at Cannes, but it had guts, drive – and an anthro-automotive hybrid devil child
Julia Ducournau has became the second woman ever to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes. Her triumph is a suitably rock’n’roll ending for this year’s festivalCannes let rip a punk power chord of glorious mischief by giving the Palme d’Or to Julie Ducournau’s gonzo genderqueer body-horror shocker Titane, and the jury and the movie’s many…
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Lars von Trier’s 15 Best Feature Films Ranked
Lars von Trier is a filmmaker for whom each day probably feels like another installment in a long, slow slog toward the end of the world. Therefore, his recent 65th birthday on April 30 might not feel like something to celebrate. But for better and oftentimes for much, much worse, the most dour Dane of…
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‘House That Jack Built’ Trailer: Matt Dillon Is A Maniac Serial Killer
The director’s statement for “The House That Jack Built” is simple. “For many years I’ve made films about good women, now I did a film about an evil man.” As brutally provocative as the films of Lars von Trier often are, it seems like the Danish writer/director’s divisive output is at constant risk of being…