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Netflix Weekend 8/15: Lars von Trier and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
This week I’ll be highlighting a filmmaker whom I have a much more complex relationship with than previous entries: Lars von Trier. Anyone who knows me know that I’m often hot and cold on his work, feeling that at his best, he’s transcendent, and at his worst,...
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“I Call Them Dogs”: Lars von Trier Calls Out Rape Culture
Lars von Trier wants to hold us accountable. His films sear and contain a rawness that’s rare in cinema. He shows a small town community protecting people who abuse a fugitive, sexually and emotionally, and a religious culture that allows its elders to be disp...
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Songs in the Key of Cinema: “Born to Be Wild” and the Provocation of Lars von Trier
Songs in the Key of Cinema is a bi-weekly look at the use of songs in film and how that music fits within the context of the film as a whole and a place where we’ll cover the moments in cinema that were music to our eyes and ears.
From putting his female pr...
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“Nymphomaniac Vol. II” Gives Us The Whole Story And Much More
The problem with the release of Nymphomaniac isn't that it was split into two volumes – it’s that those volumes were released on different days. The idea of splitting a film into multiple volumes, in of itself, is actually an extremely exciting one. Can you im...
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“Nymph()maniac: Vol. I”: Lars Von Trier Waves His Freak Flag
Reviewing Danish troublemaker Lars von Trier's latest film, Nymph()maniac feels like nothing more than a fool's errand. That's partially because the movie opening in theaters this Friday is just the first half of the entire production, whose second entry relea...
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“The Railway Man”: An Ambitious and Moving WWII Biopic
Jonathan Teplitzky's The Railway Man is an Oscar movie out of season. Lost in the doldrums between Academy Award consideration and the cacophonous din of the summer blockbusters, it's a film abandoned, with enough tragedy, triumph, sweeping romance and factual...
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