Tag Archives: Lars von Trier

DVD review | Melancholia – The end-of-the-world blues prove beautiful for Lars von Trier & Kirsten Dunst

A sublimely beautiful film about the end of the world, Lars von Trier’s Melancholia is nothing if not perverse. A strange mix of apocalyptic sci-fi and darkly comic social drama, the film is glacially slow in tempo but filled with … Continue reading

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Lars von Trier’s Antichrist premieres on Pay-Per-View

Lars von Trier’s provocative psychological drama Antichrist starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg gets its Pay-Per-View premiere on Sky Box Office from Monday 1 March. Dafoe and Gainsbourg (who won a Cannes Best Actress award for her efforts) play a … Continue reading

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News Hound | Tom Cruise takes on a 4th Mission: Impossible and 24’s Jack Bauer goes feature-length

News Hound sniffs around the back alleys of the internet to bring you the latest showbiz news – so you don’t have to get your paws dirty… Disney are going to make a sequel to their hit musical Enchanted and … Continue reading

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Out on DVD | Antichrist – Is Lars von Trier’s arty horror movie preposterous or profound?

Lars von Trier‘s provocative arthouse horror film Antichrist is beautiful and repellent, bewildering and profound. Critics fainted at its first screenings in Cannes; others walked out in disgust. The festival’s jury then nominated it for the top award, the Palme … Continue reading

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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince It’s a kind of magic… Harry and his Hogwarts cohorts have to contend with a new potions teacher, Voldemort’s Death Eaters, and raging hormones in their sixth year at the School of Witchcraft and … Continue reading

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Pete’s Peek| Lars von Trier’s Antichrist

From the genius that is Lars von Trier comes this brutal, heart-wrenching horror drama about pain, grief and despair. Anyone who has experienced the loss of a child should look away because von Trier’s melodrama cuts to the core; to … Continue reading

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Edinburgh Film Festival – Away We Go kicks off the “Sundance of Europe”

The Edinburgh Film Festival, the longest continually running film festival in the world, kicks off tonight with the UK premiere of Away We Go, a darkly funny road movie comedy from Sam Mendes. Following hard on the heels of his … Continue reading

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