Are Nymphomaniac and Love Still Pointing the Way for Sex in Cinema? Rob Salusbury June 23, 2020 Analysis, Features, Opinion If films are to be believed, then it appears that most of us have basically gone celibate these days. Take a look at the BBFC’s classifications for the last few years and you’ll find a swift decline in the...
The House that Jack Built – Review Tom Bond December 18, 2018 Reviews This review was originally published as part of our Cannes Film Festival coverage on 16/05/2018. Lars Von Trier is back with The House that Jack Built, a 150-minute grotesque epic going deep inside the mind...
The House that Jack Built – Cannes 2018 Review Tom Bond May 16, 2018 Reviews Lars Von Trier is back with The House that Jack Built, a 150-minute grotesque epic going deep inside the mind of a serial killer. Does it confirm his genius and justify his provocations or is it the...
A Dark Song – Review Rachel Brook April 8, 2017 Reviews A Dark Song makes its first impression as a slow-building drama, opening atmospherically with a mournful score and moody timelapse photography of stormy skies. Leads Catherine Walker and Steve Oram walk a fine...
Behind The Rules Of Dogme 95 Cameron Ward May 29, 2014 Analysis, Close-Up, Features - "Thus I make my VOW OF CHASTITY" - Dogme 95 (sometimes known as Dogma or Dogma 95) was an avant-garde movement in film production started by Danish-born directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg in...
Nymphomaniac: Volume II – Review Christopher Preston February 26, 2014 Reviews If Volume I was a euphoric one night stand, Volume II proves to be the sour regret of the morning after. Both of Nymphomaniac’s instalments run for 123 minutes, but this film feels as if it is taking...
Nymphomaniac: Volume I – Review Christopher Preston February 26, 2014 Reviews Sex! Naked bits! Shia LaBeouf! Now Lars von Trier has got your attention, allow him to present you with a bold, stylish, often hilarious and entirely gripping story of one woman and her sexual...