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Film Review: Lars Von Trier’s Nifty “Nymphomaniac: Volume 1”

What makes Lars von Trier one of cinema’s most fascinating directors? It is his willingness to pull out the stops in a riotous search to understand his own mind and ask questions about human nature. His films are a quest to find himself.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Charlotte Gainsbourg, cinema, lars-von-trier, Nymphomaniac, sexuality

Coming Attractions in Film: October 2009

By Justin Marble October 1 through 3: Classic Cinema at Museum of Fine Arts: This weekend, the Museum of Fine Arts is showing two classic pieces of cinema. First up is Akira Kurosawa’s “Throne of Blood,” his reworking of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” in feudal Japan. Then it’s Sam Peckinpah’s “The Wild Bunch,” a 1969 Western that […]

By: Justin Marble Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Film Tagged: A Serious Man, Antichrist, Brattle Theatre, Coen Brothers, Coolidge Corner, Eclipse, Film, Justin Marble, lars-von-trier, Michaelangelo Antonioni, Movies, Peter Yates, Spike Jonze, The Friends fo Eddie Coyle, The Room, Tommy Wiseau, Where the Wild Things Are

Film Review: Still in Bondage — Movies About Slavery, post Civil War

Two new films explore the provocative premise that slavery in America didn’t end after the Civil War.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: csa, Film, Kevin-willmott, lars-von-trier, Manderlay, the-confederate-states-of-america

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