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European Film Awards: Un Prophète, Antichrist, The Reader
7 November 2009 2:55 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
The EFAs are only 20 years old, a novice awards organization really, but their prizes offer up a rich variety of films, languages and genres. It's truly a grab bag and, if you're too Oscar focused, their prizes can be head scratching. Their 2009 Best Picture Nominees encompass three years worth of U.S. release dates:
(2008) Slumdog Millionaire, Let the Right One In and The Reader(2009) The White Ribbon(2010) Fish Tank and Un Prophète.
Tis a pity we can't bring the world closer together for simultaneous multilingual film discussions.
The Best Director is filled with heavyweights. When will you ever see an Oscar lineup that's this populated with critical giants: Pedro Almodóvar Broken Embraces, Andrea Arnold for Fish Tank, Jacques Audiard for Un Prophete, Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire, Michael Haneke for The White Ribbon and Lars von Trier for Antichrist. Maybe a lot of what led to these nominations is reputation »
- NATHANIEL R
2009 Efa Noms: This Year's Favorite (A Prophet) vs. Last Year's Fave (Slumdog)
7 November 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
- With the film eligibility dates covering portions of two years, the 2009 European Film Awards finds itself in an awkward mode of having a clear favorites from circa 2008 (Slumdog Millionaire, Let the Right One In) go up against cream of the crop from Cannes 2009 (A Prophet, The White Ribbon and Fish Tank). Jacques Audiard's A Prophet leads all nominations with a total of six with Best European Film, Director, Screenwriter, Actor (Tahar Rahim), Cinematography and Sound Design. Slumdog comes in 2nd place with five nominations while the Palme d'or winning The White Ribbon and Broken Embraces are tied with 4 each. The Reader, Fish Tank, Coco Avant Chanel, Antichrist and Let the Right One In have a total of 3 each. For the fun of it, I've placed asterisks next to what I think the winner will be in all of the categories below. So what do you think will and »
“Ticket Stubs” Review: ‘Antichrist’ - Lars Von Trier’s controversial award winner
6 November 2009 3:15 PM, PST | MovieSet.com | See recent MovieSet.com news »
“Ticket Stubs” review of ‘Antichrist‘ by Austin Lugar
for MovieSet.com
In all regards, you should not watch ‘Antichrist‘. My position as a reviewer is to guide you into seeing or not seeing a film by providing my own opinions. Throughout this review, I shall remark a lot of the achievements of this film, but I warn you this is not a recommendation.
So why shouldn’t you see a film that I will label as technically good? When you look as Lars Von Trier’s canon, there are a variety of films designed to make you feel uneasy. His greatest films in my mind (Dogville, Dancer in the Dark, Breaking the Waves) are films that I have no interest in experiencing for a second time. Von Trier has the uncanny ability to delve in to the dark parts of the human psyche and create remarkable works of art from it. »
- Austin Lugar
'2012' Wants You To 'Download My Blog' And An Angelina Jolie Vampire Around The Blogosphere
6 November 2009 10:00 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
-- It's been awhile, but I'm back with a look at what's going on Around the Blogosphere. First up for today is something from my good pal Jordan Hoffman at Ugo. Hoffman has seen "2012" and he's not able to say much about it, but he did step up to confirm one fact: Woody Harrelson's character does indeed speak the words "Download my blog" during the movie. The thought over at Ugo is that this should be the next great meme, something to replace the still-reigning "Chaos reigns" from director Lars Von Trier's genital-mutilating art-horror flick "Antichrist." Go check out what Jordan has to say; he explains it far better than I do. (Ugo)
-- Next up I have the greatest photo gallery of all time to share with you. It is called "Stormtroopers 365." It is (or will be, when it's done) 365 images of Imperial Stormtroopers and other "Star Wars »
- Adam Rosenberg
But Will Antichrist Play in Panchkula?
6 November 2009 9:30 AM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
The foreign trades are full of all kinds of fun, weird surprises. Take this news that emerged Thursday from the Mumbai Film Festival: The city's Enlighten Film Society acquired Indian DVD rights for Lars von Trier's Antichrist. That would add the grim, gory, explicitly sexual film to Enlighten's catalog of world-cinema classics including The Rules of the Game, Bicycle Thieves, 2001: A Space Odyssey and more. There might be a slight hold-up in bringing it home, though: "We are currently talking to the sensor [sic] board for a clearance for the film; based on their response we will release the movie on DVD in India." Memo to India: If the entrails-devouring fox looks or sounds anything like this, then you've definitely got the censored version. [Business of Cinema] »
The Talking, Self-Eating Fox From Antichrist Has His Moment
6 November 2009 2:37 AM, PST | Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news »
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.... »
Decade in Review: 2000 Top Ten
5 November 2009 1:07 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
What follows is my original top ten list of 2000... or rather the revised version I published in 2002. Let's discuss each year of this decade as it winds down! Who's with me?!? It's always interesting to see which films remained at the forefront of our memory and which fade... both for a variety of reasons, quality being only one factor. New comments are in red.
Please note: This list was based on NYC release dates in the year 2000. Some movies are listed as different years at the IMDb based on when they were released in their home country or in La or whatnot.
Runners Up (in descending order): Une Liaisons Pornographique, Nurse Betty, You Can Count On Me, Before Night Falls, Pola X, Chicken Run, American Psycho, Wonder Boys and Billy Elliott Um... What The Hell are some of these movies doing outside the top ten list? You Can Count on Me »
- NATHANIEL R
Film: Review:Precious
5 November 2009 12:05 PM, PST | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »
Precious features plenty of off-putting images and attitudes, beginning with the movie’s straight-out-of-Rush-Limbaugh’s-nightmares vision of lazy welfare queens, and ending with the way the film seems to wallow in inner-city misery. It isn’t enough that director Lee Daniels and screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher (working from a controversial bestseller by Sapphire) present teenager Gabourey Sidibe as morbidly obese and functionally illiterate; she’s also a victim of sexual and physical abuse, with a mentally retarded daughter, another child on the way, and a serious health crisis looming. Not even Douglas Sirk or Lars von Trier would heap so much ... »
Willem Dafoe: The Village Idiot and Our Town
5 November 2009 9:45 AM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
It's a fact: folks will flock to see Idiot Savant, Richard Foreman's new play at the Public Theater, just to see its star, Willem Dafoe, in a billowy blouse and skirt. Indeed, what a sight that is. Not to mention his hair in a top tail like a suma wrestler. There is no quirkier actor around -- nor one so well suited to Foreman's madness. Then again, look at Dafoe's film roles: he stars in Lars von Trier's controversial Antichrist, in theaters as I write. The "idiot savant" of the play, Dafoe's elastic face does drooling and delirium with fresh verve. He is aided in his idiosyncrasies -- i.e. inter-species golf with a giant duck -- by two women: Marie (Alenka Kraigher), evoking the blond velvet of a pre-Raphaelite damsel and Olga (Elina Lowensohn), an accented dominatrix in chaps,... »
- Regina Weinreich
"Antichrist" Film Ad Escapes Asa Ban In The U.K.
5 November 2009 2:57 AM, PST | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »
Lars von Trier's provocative ad poster for his equally controversial film "Antichrist" has escaped a ban from U.K. advertising watchdog Advertising Standards Authority (Asa) amidst complaints that it was pornographic.
The ad features a man and a woman having sex on the foot of a tree. It carried a warning that the film "contains strong real sex, bloody violence and self-mutilation."
Asa received seven complaints that claim the image was pornographic, offensive, and inappropriate to be shown in a newspaper where children may see it.
But the organization claims the ad was "unlikely to cause sexual excitement." Also, the imagery appeared in national newspapers, The Times, Guardian, and The Independent, where children were unlikely to see it.
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Antichrist Might Be God-Awful, But That Doesn't Make It Misogynistic
29 October 2009 3:49 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
This review originally appeared on The Awl. I don't have to tell you that Antichrist sucks. Plenty of highbrow places like the New York Times and Slate have already done so, their writers leaping to slather disdain on this latest morsel of art-horror crap. Oh, it's so distasteful! And offensive! And (gasp) misogynistic! Though it all begs the question: If this audience-chafing, Cannes-enraging glob of rubbish is so irredeemable, why the hell is every publication still in existence racing to write about it, as opposed to, say, The Gay Bed and Breakfast of Terror (now out on DVD)? The answer is twofold: Antichrist was made by Lars Von Trier, and it's probably the only film ever screened at Cannes that centers entirely on penis mutilation. Here's a rundown (since I don't expect anyone to actually subject themselves to this movie): We... »
- Melissa Lafsky
Can Sexual Provocation Still Sell?
28 October 2009 6:15 AM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
Barring some epic year-end bombshell, Lars von Trier's "Antichrist" is sure to walk away with the designation of year's most provocative movie -- with its sadomasochistic sex, penis smashing and spontaneous clitorectomy, it rivals Nagisa Oshima's 1976 cinema scandal "In the Realm of the Senses" in its efforts to shock and offend.
It's a useful comparison. Over the years, international art cinema has often been inextricably tied to our most prurient desires. In the 1960s, foreign masterpieces were as much about championing auteurs as glimpsing a choice piece of European ass. Federico Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" was marketed with blonde bombshell Anita Ekberg dancing around in Dionysian ecstasy, while Jean-Luc Godard's "Contempt" and Luis Bunuel's "Belle De Jour" were literally sold off the naked backsides of Bridget Bardot and Catherine Deneueve. But do such depictions of outré sex still sell challenging foreign cinema today?
As recently »
- Anthony Kaufman
News & Notes: Steve Carell, Slammin’ Salmon, Shattered Union
27 October 2009 11:40 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
There is plenty of news and whatnots happening in the world of film this evening, so we thought we'd throw together a quick round of News & Notes, so that you can keep it all straight. We start, as we always do, with something mildly interesting. As per my newly fashioned format, the first few words of each item serve as the link to the source. Just give them a click to read more. Steve Carell is working on a new comedy for Warner Bros., entitled Missing Links. He will play a golfer who joins fellow municipal course schlubs to take a shot at the country club down the road. Very original. (THR) The Cup of Tears is a new sci-fi samurai flick that we picked up via our friends over at First Showing. It is more than a little badass, mixing the aesthetic of 300 with the badassery that Ninja Assassin could've only hoped to achieve. (First »
- Neil Miller
Antichrist Movie Review
27 October 2009 8:00 PM, PDT | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »
You know how they say the first ten minutes of a movie are the harbinger of things to come? The rule applies to art films as well. Let's take Lars Von Trier's latest film, Antichrist, The movie begins with gorgeous, slow motion black and white Willem Dafoe testes and an infant dying. If this disturbs and disgusts, I'm gonna go ahead and tell you that you will find Antichrist to be an intolerable experience, because that's merely the beginning of a long, harrowing, disturbing journey that is to follow. If you're intrigued, though, read on.
I can't really being to explain the story, as it exists to be interpreted more than be told as a story. The talking pictures are about Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg as He and She. Disturbed over the aforementioned death of their infant, they go to a cabin in the woods to work through the processes of grief, »
The Problem with Torture Porn
27 October 2009 8:56 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Just when it seemed that usage of the term “torture porn” was behind us, it’s once again raised its ugly head - from reviews of The Hills Run Red and Lars von Trier's Antichrist to blog posts about how Paranormal Activity earned more than Saw VI this past weekend.
"Torture porn" is a term that simply doesn't make sense when describing horror films that feature graphic depictions of torture. To the uninitiated, it sounds more like a subgenre of porn than a horror subgenre, as evidenced by Roger Ebert's review of Antichrist:
"... These passages have been referred to as 'torture porn.' Sadomasochistic they certainly are, but porn is entirely in the mind of the beholder. Will even a single audience member find these scenes erotic?" When a film critic with as much experience as Roger Ebert misunderstands the term, it's obvious that "torture porn" has »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Brian Matus, a.k.a. Hellstorm)
Antichrist's Willem Dafoe and Tim Gunn interview on Late Night
27 October 2009 8:24 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Late Night: Jimmy welcomed actor Willem Dafoe, currently starring in the controversial Lars Von Trier film, Antichrist. The film features visual symbolism that is designed to provoke mightily. Dafoe, who plays a therapist and his character's wife (Charlotte Gainsbourg) lose their infant son accidentally while the couple are having sex. Dafoe's character treats his emotionally unstable wife by forcing her to face her fears at an isolated cabin. Not too long after an animatronic fox, seen gnawing at its own wounds, growls the words "Chaos reigns," nature goes amok as Trier uses disturbing images of sadistic violence and sexual mutilation to paint his film. Also on was Project Runway.s style nazi Tim Gunn. Watch the highlights as Willem »
- April MacIntyre
Lars Von Trier’s Next Project is Sci-Fi Disaster Movie Melancholia
26 October 2009 5:07 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
With Lars Von Trier's controversial film Antichrist finally getting a small U.S. theatrical release this past weekend, allowing even more moviegoers to enjoy the finer points of genital mutilation, a lot of people are wondering what the man can possibly do for an encore. With this movie bringing him so much attention, would the Danish director retreat to his art house roots, or would he go for something even more provocative? To be honest, I don't think anyone can answer that question as of yet, but either way, it seems like his next project is going to be something pretty unexpected. Earlier this month, Variety [1] unveiled details of Von Trier's next film, a curious picture loosely titled Melancholia. It is being described as a "psychological drama-cum-disaster movie"... yes, that's right, a Lars Von Trier disaster movie. I'm not completely familiar with Von Trier's full filmography, so I'm not »
- Sean
tMF Featured Trailer: The Fantastic Mr. Fox
26 October 2009 3:14 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
From director Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums) comes Fantastic Mr. Fox, based on the book by Roald Dahl. Featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, and Jason Schwartzman. - - -
- - - After doing blog posts on Lars von Trier and Michael Haneke, I was planning another set of two - Michael Bay and Spike Lee, but I feel so exhausted already, let's have a trailer break!
Digital Spy's Stella Papamichael has this to say about the movie: Few filmmakers have managed to capture all the cheekiness and whimsy of Roald Dahl's books, but indie helmer Wes Anderson brushes very close to a flawless adaptation of Fantastic Mr Fox. That's despite the fact that he is unashamedly unfaithful to the source, creating a world in stop-motion that somehow manages to be both English and American, old-fashioned and cutting edge, idiosyncratic and accessible to kids. »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
tMF Featured Trailer: The Fantastic Mr. Fox
26 October 2009 3:14 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
From director Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums) comes Fantastic Mr. Fox, based on the book by Roald Dahl. Featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, and Jason Schwartzman. - - -
- - - After doing blog posts on Lars von Trier and Michael Haneke, I was planning another set of two - Michael Bay and Spike Lee, but I feel so exhausted already, let's have a trailer break!
Digital Spy's Stella Papamichael has this to say about the movie: Few filmmakers have managed to capture all the cheekiness and whimsy of Roald Dahl's books, but indie helmer Wes Anderson brushes very close to a flawless adaptation of Fantastic Mr Fox. That's despite the fact that he is unashamedly unfaithful to the source, creating a world in stop-motion that somehow manages to be both English and American, old-fashioned and cutting edge, idiosyncratic and accessible to kids. »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
tMF Featured Trailer: The Fantastic Mr. Fox
26 October 2009 3:14 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
From director Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums) comes Fantastic Mr. Fox, based on the book by Roald Dahl. Featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, and Jason Schwartzman. - - -
- - - After doing blog posts on Lars von Trier and Michael Haneke, I was planning another set of two - Michael Bay and Spike Lee, but I feel so exhausted already, let's have a trailer break!
Digital Spy's Stella Papamichael has this to say about the movie: Few filmmakers have managed to capture all the cheekiness and whimsy of Roald Dahl's books, but indie helmer Wes Anderson brushes very close to a flawless adaptation of Fantastic Mr Fox. That's despite the fact that he is unashamedly unfaithful to the source, creating a world in stop-motion that somehow manages to be both English and American, old-fashioned and cutting edge, idiosyncratic and accessible to kids. »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
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