From the Vaults: Looking Back at von Trier

"Melancholia" vs. "Breaking the Waves" and "Dancer in the Dark"

"...Danish director Lars von Trier's Melancholia received the top spot in the..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Von Trier Not Dutch But Danish

"...of the Danish ex-pats that reside in Austin, filmmaker Lars von Trier is not Dutch. He is a Dane,..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Postmarks

Dancer in the Dark

Björk goes goes to the death chamber in musical interludes.

"...Directed by: Lars Von Trier. Starring: Björk, David Morse, Catherine Deneuve, Peter..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nymphomaniac: Volume 2

Second verse, not as good as the first.

"...Directed by: Lars von Trier. Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stacy Martin, Stellan Skarsgård,..."

April 4, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Melancholia

Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier brings his vision of human annihilation to the screen in this visually stunning and thematically rich film.

"...Directed by: Lars von Trier. Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland,..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Five Obstructions

This sublime documentary, which recounts a bizarre battle of creative wits between Danish film director Jørgen Leth and the notorious Lars von Trier, also features a segment animated by Waking Life's technical wizard Bob Sabiston.

"...Directed by: Jørgen Leth and Lars von Trier. Starring: Lars von Trier, Jørgen Leth, Patrick..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nymphomaniac: Volume 1

Lars von Trier's latest provocation is more meditation than outright flagellation.

"...Directed by: Lars von Trier. Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin,..."

March 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The 2007 Academy Award Nominated Films: Live Action

Be your own judge and jury for these final five competitors for the Best Live Action Short Oscar.

"...by Christian E. Christiansen. Produced by Louise Vesth of Lars von Trier's Zentropa Entertainments, "At Night" is not a..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest Unleashes Wave Two

Alumni Adam Wingard, Nacho Vigalondo, Ti West return, and more

"...there's China's highest grossing movie, the regional premier of Lars Von Trier's Melancholia and a retrospective on Ti West..."

Aug. 18, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dogville

Lars von Trier's new film is both masterful and misanthropic.

"...Directed by: Lars von Trier. Starring: Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, James Caan,..."

April 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Boss of It All

Lars von Trier assures us at the outset that this will be a "cozy comedy," the last thing you might expect from this prickly filmmaker. (AFS@Dobie)

"...Directed by: Lars von Trier. Starring: Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler, Benedikt Erlingsson,..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The House That Jack Built

Lars von Trier, back pushing buttons, to little response

"...Directed by: Lars von Trier. Starring: Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman,..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Element of Crime

"...Directed by: Lars Von Trier. Starring: Michael Elphick, Esmond Knight, Jerold Wells,..."

March 29, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Breaking the Waves

"...Directed by: Lars Von Trier. Starring: Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgard and Katrin..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Kingdom

"...Directed by: Lars Von Trier. Starring: Ernst-Hugo Järegard, Kirsten Rolffes, Ghita Norby,..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Antichrist

Lars von Trier lives to affront again. Chaos, indeed, reigns.

"...Directed by: Lars von Trier. Starring: Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg. Possibly..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Zentropa

"...Directed by: Lars Von Trier. Starring: Jean-Marc Barr, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier..."

Sept. 18, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Reprise

This bracingly good Norwegian film is many things at once: portraits of mental illness, obsessive love, the uneasy transition from punk rock youth to “upstanding” adulthood, and fraternal competitiveness.

"...Directed by: Joachim Trier. Starring: Anders Danielsen Lie, Espen Klouman-Høiner, Viktoria Winge, Henrik..."

June 27, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

AFS Hosts ‘Oslo, August 31st,’ One of the Year’s Must-Sees

Joachim Trier’s second film is beautiful and brutal

"...31st is the second film from Scandinavian director Joachim Trier, following 2008’s kinetic Reprise. It’s about addiction, but it’s..."

Dec. 4, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Europa

Before 1995 came along and caught him in a deeply formalized act of pretension, Lars von Trier was already something of an ass

"...in a deeply formalized act of pretension, Dogme co-founder Lars von Trier was already something of an ass. At..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Screens Review by Mike Kanin

DVDanger: NSFW

The return of Eurosex with 'Nymphomaniac' and 'Under the Skin'

"...In a strange echo, Lars von Trier turns his longtime muse Charlotte Gainsbourg into..."

July 19, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Kudos to 'Chronicle' Film Critics

"...and reluctant praise – are a testament to writer/director Lars von Trier as an artist-provocateur. Take NPR critic David..."

Jan. 9, 2012 Postmarks

Out, In, and Onscreen

The 19th Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival

"...also the first official UK feature film true to Lars Von Trier's hyperreal filmmaking vow of chastity, Dogme 95...."

Sept. 29, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

South by Southwest Film 04. March. You. Many others.

"...yet another SXSW watershed event. We won't even mention Lars von Trier's newest Dogme 95 outing, Dogville -- OK,..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

The Big Picture

Fall Movie Preview

"...get when you mix Icelandic chanteusse-naif Björk, Danish auteur Lars Von Trier (Breaking the Waves), and 100 Sony PD-100..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...the young, war-wounded Ernest Hemingway to Sandra Bullock's Agnes Von Kurowsky, the Red Cross nurse who tended his injuries..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Down and Dirty

Pasty people vs. pretty people, low budget vs. big budget, Peter Biskind vs. Robert Redford: the 20th annual Sundance!

"...film: a completely animated segment of Jørgen Leth and Lars von Trier's The Five Obstructions, in which von Trier..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

You Don't Nomi

Should you re-assess Showgirls? No, but that's not what's happening here?

"...terrible, and began to look more and more like Lars von Trier (at his most misanthropic) had somehow managed..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

And Then We Danced

Georgian coming-out-drama is extraordinary only for its location

"...all this transpires is somewhere between soap opera and Lars von Trier-level on-the-nose storytelling)...."

Feb. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Climax

Gaspar Noé's acid freakout dance-a-thon teaches us that drugs are bad, m'kay

"...Noé hasn't even reached the preposterous pretentiousness of Lars von Trier, who is at least interesting in his..."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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