Antichrist

  • Glenn Close to Star in Marital Drama ‘The Wife’ Based on Meg Wolitzer Novel

    Swedish filmmaker Bjorn Runge (“Daybreak”) will direct from a script by Jane Anderson (“Olive Kitteridge”)

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    Glenn Close to Star in Marital Drama ‘The Wife’ Based on Meg Wolitzer Novel

  • Kirsten Dunst on Lars von Trier — and That Nazi Joke

    “He’ll say weird things to people or in conversation — and he’s nervous in front of press”

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  • This Year’s NYFF Theme: Divisiveness

    Both “Precious” and “Trash Humpers” bring on the dissent

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    Eric Kohn

  • Who’s the Goriest Filmmaker at the Fest?

    With Nazi scalpings, genital mutilation and violent rape scenes appearing in various places throughout Cannes’ Official Competition, this year’s selection undoubtedly contains the most explicit content in recent memory. But while Lars Von Trier’s "Antichrist" — recently picked up for U.S. distribution by IFC Films — may offer the most infamously extreme image of the…

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    Eric Kohn

  • A Nutty Nightmare From Lars von Trier

    Five days into the festival, it would appear the nuttiest entry has arrived. I doubt anyone can top the sheer madness and graphic absurdity of Lars Von Trier’s "Antichrist." At first, it’s an elegant grief drama. Then it transforms into "The Shining" meets "Evil Dead" with green politics, torture porn and a fair amount of…

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    Eric Kohn