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Lars von Trier
Sometimes, I think Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier is a genius (The Kingdom, for example). Other times, I think he’s just an asshole (let’s go with Dogville). His newest film, the controversy-baiting horror whatsit Antichrist, is a coin toss.
Weekly Alibi 801 words
Antichrist might be worth hating, but the film is nonetheless incredibly compelling.
Tucson Weekly 855 words
Tags: Antichrist, Lars von Trier
An instantly notorious award-winner at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Antichrist proves to be an alternately draggy, repellent and opaque cinematic experience, while clearly representing devoted efforts from several master screen artists.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) 400 words
Tags: Antichrist, Lars von Trier
I've been thinking about this film for weeks, slowly turning it over in my head, and while I still haven't fully sussed it out, I do know that Antichrist is visually arresting, relentlessly cruel, and intensely, genuinely interesting.
The Portland Mercury 415 words
Tags: Antichrist, Lars von Trier
Von Trier is a master filmmaker, and his exploration into the genre of horror has given us a film far more frightening than anything Hollywood would ever allow.
City Pulse 678 words
Tags: Antichrist, Lars von Trier
I'm torn between dismissing the film as gross-out juvenilia and regarding it as raw religious mythmaking. Either way, you won't find a livelier time at the movies these days, if only because of the outraged groans and dumfounded gasps from the audience.
Boston Phoenix 548 words
The second (and final) third of Lars von Trier's miniseries comes to DVD.
Los Angeles CityBeat 750 words
Von Trier assures us at the outset that this will be a "cozy comedy," the last thing you might expect from this prickly filmmaker.
Austin Chronicle 425 words
Tags: Lars von Trier, The Boss of it All
Lars von Trier's latest film will make you laugh, but it won't make you think.
Tucson Weekly 950 words
Tags: Lars von Trier, The Boss of it All
In The Boss of It All, the owner of a Danish IT firm has invented the titular Boss, an absent ogre who communicates with his underlings only through e-mail.
Philadelphia City Paper 782 words
Tags: Lars von Trier, The Boss of it All
Lars von Trier plays office politics.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) 756 words
Tags: Lars von Trier, The Boss of it All
Lars von Trier takes a break from his trademark approach to polemics to induce snide laughs with an office satire about an actor hired by an IT company CEO to pose as its president in order to sell off the company.
Maui Time Weekly 108 words
Tags: Lars von Trier, The Boss of it All
Von Trier surprises with a new bag of gimmicks.
New York Press 659 words
Tags: Lars von Trier, The Boss of it All
Lars von Trier discusses the liberating power of restrictions.
Philadelphia City Paper 948 words
Tags: Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier scolds everyone in this well-made but extremely negative flick.
Tucson Weekly 845 words
Tags: Lars von Trier, Manderlay
By shaking the hornet's nest of American race relations, von Trier has guaranteed that at least some viewers will find Manderlay injurious.
Washington City Paper 706 words
For someone whose talent is so universally admired, Lars Von Trier seems to generate more bitter contention than anyone else making movies today -- Manderlay is sure to continue this trend.
Boston's Weekly Dig 8750 words
Tags: Lars von Trier, Manderlay
Lars von Trier pushes Dogville one step further.
Los Angeles CityBeat 1098 words
Tags: Lars von Trier, Manderlay
Von Trier's redundant Dogville sequel dilutes the vitriol for a didactic tale of democracy gone awry.
The Village Voice 695 words
Tags: Lars von Trier, Manderlay
Torture reigned inside and outside movie theaters in 2004.
San Francisco Bay Guardian 758 words
Actors and audiences seek out von Trier's films because they know he will be innovative and challenging. Sometimes too challenging - it appears, Nicole Kidman and James Caan will not work with him again.
NUVO 770 words
Tags: Lars von Trier, Dogville
City Pulse 550 words
Tags: Garry Marshall, Valentine's Day
L.A. Weekly 3948 words
Shepherd Express 505 words
Tags: Edge of Darkness, Martin Campbell
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) 450 words
Tags: Scott Teems, The Evening Sun
Weekly Alibi 674 words
The Memphis Flyer 519 words
New York Press 774 words
Boston's Weekly Dig 572 words
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