He just has a funny way of showing it.
Tag: Lars von Trier
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The Vatican Tapes is a waste of a good director
Mark Neveldine, one half of the duo behind Crank and Gamer, strikes out with a close-to-generic demonic possession flick.
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My favorite films of 2014, runners-up and caveats
Given how many superb movies play Chicago every year, it’s a struggle to limit a list of favorites to just ten—or even 30.
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More on the Trilogy of Life, Nymphomaniac, and Roommates: Three ways of playing the organs
Considering how three very different films (all of which played recently in Chicago) employ hard-core imagery
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How does Nymphomaniac compare to other cinematic endurance tests?
Reflections on watching all four hours of Lars von Trier’s latest in one sitting
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Tom Cruise, Sam Shepard, John Carpenter, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Weekly Top Five: The best of Lars von Trier
Highlights from the filmography of Lars Von Trier
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CUFF, CLFF, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Muppets, nymphos, air sex, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Some bang, some whimper
Steve Carell faces Armageddon in Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
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Feeling ambivalent about Polisse . . . for now
Feeling ambivalent about the recent French drama Polisse. But how will I feel in three decades?
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Our guide to the 2011 Chicago International Film Festival
Escape the ubiquity of American movies with 150 features from nearly every corner of the world
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This Week’s Movie Action
New reviews and notable films in this week’s Chicago Reader.
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I don’t get Lars von Trier but he makes people write interesting things
Ebert on von Trier’s Antichrist, screening Monday at River East 21 as part of the Chicago International Film Festival: “Von Trier’s original intention, it’s said, was to reveal at the end that the world was created by Satan, not God: That evil, not goodness, reigns ascendant. His finished film reflects the same idea, but not […]