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Monday, January 23 2012

The 40 Best Films of 2011

2011 was a year of good, not necessarily great, films, though the amazing choices by our staff might argue against such a overall cinematic classification.


Tuesday, January 17 2012

The Best Female Film Performances of 2011

It was a monumental year for women in film as our selections for 2011's best female performances indicate... over and over and over again.


Tuesday, September 6 2011

The 100 Essential Directors Part 10: Josef Von Sternberg to Zhang Yimou

The final day of directors is here, Josef Von Sternberg through Zhang Yimou. German Expressionism, Dogme 95, contemporary views of Asian life, post-WWII malaise in Eastern Europe, and the alternately heartwarming and queer takes on everyday life in Baltimore all hold a space on today's list. Did we forget your favorite director on this list?


Thursday, January 6 2011

The Best DVDs of 2010

As the medium continues to struggle with significance in the steady "streaming" of the 21st Century, here are PopMatters' picks for the best the format(s) have to offer.


Friday, January 8 2010

The Best 30 Films of 2009

In one of the rarest rating periods ever, several on the staff could successfully argue for any of the Top 30 choices as a potential number one. While not all classics, they remain the consistent cream of 2009's crop.


Columns

Tuesday, April 27 2010

The Illusion of Identity in Lars Von Trier's Antichrist

Lars von Trier suggests that the terrible and the horrific are not to be found in the abnormal behaviour of an outsider, but within our relationships, and the play of domination and submission in everyday life.


Friday, August 29 2008

Katrin Cartlidge: The Working Actress

Whether it was through silence, grotesquerie, fury or intelligence (or, at times, lack of intelligence), Cartlidge was not afraid to upturn the dark corners of the women she portrayed.


Reviews

Friday, November 11 2011

'Melancholia' Is Far From Transcendent

Melancholia begins and ends with scenes of utter destruction, scenes that are truly powerful, very scary, and somehow strangely beautiful.


Monday, October 3 2011

New York Film Festival 2011: 'Melancholia' + 'Carnage' + 'The Loneliest Planet'

New York Film Festival organizers have thankfully maintained the limited number of films on the Main Slate (21 this year), preserving NYFF’s identity as an “elite” festival.


Friday, May 20 2011

Cannes Film Festival: 'Melancholia' and 'Hors Satan'

Both Melancholia and Hors Satan conjure a long-building sense of foreboding, though they lead to very different resolutions.


Wednesday, November 24 2010

The Haunting of Lars von Trier in 'Anti-Christ'

Just as the female lead character strikes out against the identifiable point of oppression in her own life, von Trier strikes out against the very audiences and critics who continue to endure his films in order to both convince them otherwise -- and annihilate them.


Friday, October 23 2009

Antichrist

Antichrist in many ways seems Lars Von Trier's rejoinder to the criticism that he "hates women," as if daring us to watch what we expect to see.


The Boss of It All [18.Oct.07]
Manderlay (2005) [10.Feb.06]
Dogville (2003) [15.Apr.04]
Medea (1987) [2.Jun.03]

Blogs

Wednesday, September 14 2011

Toronto International Film Festival 2011: 'Melancholia'

"The earth is evil. We don't need to grieve for it." So declares a luminous Kirsten Dunst in Danish provocateur Lars von Trier's best and most powerful film yet.


Tuesday, November 9 2010

Chaos Reigns!: 'Antichrist - The Criterion Collection' (Blu-ray)

So obsessed with birth and biology that the symbols practically stand up and shout their intent, this is New Age therapeutics as Grand Guignol geek show.


Saturday, October 24 2009

'Antichrist' is an Ambitious, Audacious Masterpiece

It's fairly obvious that vision is in short supply in Hollywood. Just look at what passes for art among the mindless mainstream movies that make…


Tuesday, June 2 2009

"Anti Christ" dir. Lars von Trier (trailer)

Director Lars von Trier recently declared himself to be "the best film director in the world", at Cannes, where Charlotte Gainsbourg picked up Best Actress…


News

Thursday, May 19 2011

Lars von Trier says he doesn't deserve a Palme d'Or

MOUGINS, France — On Wednesday, Lars von Trier set off a worldwide firestorm when, in his typically provocative way, he attempted to make a number…


Thursday, May 19 2011

Cannes 2011: Director Lars von Trier retracts Nazi comment, apologizes

CANNES, France — Danish director Lars von Trier, an auteur provocateur known for his controversial films, apologized Wednesday after joking with reporters at the Cannes…


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