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Lars von Trier To Make Third Film With Charlotte Gainsbourg

It seems like making one film with Lars von Trier would be more than enough. Just ask Bjork, who swore to never make another film with him after _Dancer in the Dark_ and the horrible experience she had. Two films may seem overboard, but Charlotte Gainsbourg has decided she will be doing a third movie with von Trier, and may be even more shocking than her role in _Antichrist_.  read more

Criterion Announces November Inductees

Criterion Collection once again aids in satisfying our cultural appetite by plucking out worthy titles of our viewing pleasure with inclusion of The Night of the Hunter, Modern Times and Antichrist....  read more

Lars von Trier's Antichrist (Maybe) Gets Criterion Treatment

Chaos reigned the 2009 Cannes film festival screenings of Lars von Trier’s psychological thriller Antichrist, with audience responses ranging from applause to demands from angry trade journalists that von Trier justify having made the film. Featuring violence that the Huffington Post called “almost unbearably explicit,” Antichrist polarized audiences, causing even some von Trier apologists to cry foul....  read more

Yes, Please: John Waters on 2009's Best Movies

It makes sick, sick sense that John Waters would come to the defense of Lars von Trier and Antichrist. The preeminent auteur of the gloriously depraved has offered up his 2009 year-end list for to Artforum, and it does not disappoint....  read more

The Talking, Self-Eating Fox From Antichrist Has His Moment

Whatever your opinion of the genital-chopping, misogyny-cheering controversy stirred up by Lars von Trier’s Antichrist, there is one scene that is an undeniable cult novelty. Deep in the movie’s indeterminable midsection, Willem Dafoe’s character wanders into the woods and finds a mangy little fox cannibalizing itself, a fairly horrifying image. The horror, however, quickly turns to hilarity when the fox looks into the camera, and in an ominous voice declares “CHAOS REIGNS” before a slow fade to black....  read more

Catching Up With... Antichrist's Lars von Trier

In mid-September, Danish director Lars Von Trier appeared-via a Skype video chat-at a press conference for the New York Film Festival, which screens his controversial new shocker Antichrist. The film, which Von Trier has said was born out of a terrible depression, is the story of an unnamed married couple (Charlotte Gainsbourg, Willem Dafoe) who take refuge at a cabin in the wilds after their toddler son has died in a fall....  read more

Antichrist Settles on Pre-Halloween U.S. Release Date

It took about five minutes for Antichrist to become the most notorious movie at Cannes this year, and its American distributor, IFC, has no plans to let you forget it. Lars von Trier’s sicko epic of parental grief and genital mutilation will open on demand Oct. 21 and in limited theaters Oct. 23, less than six months after its premiere. ...  read more

White Ribbon, A Prophet, Antichrist, Basterds Win at Cannes

Michael Haneke and his brutal black-and-white drama The White Ribbon won the Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, the festival's top honor. ...  read more

Lars von Trier's Antichrist Picked Up by IFC at Cannes

Lars von Trier’s Cannes scandalous Antichrist has been picked up by IFC Films for American distribution, with the hope that the breathless controversy will help sell the movie in the U.S. ...  read more

Trailer Stash: Antichrist, The Girlfriend Experience, Harry Potter 6, more

And now, a look at some notable trailers lighting up blogs and message boards: ...  read more