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A new movie called Bronson by filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn is traveling around the country, three screens per week.

Fame Game Lars von Trier's dark places The thrill of working with the notorious director , says Willem Dafoe, star of the highly controversial Antichrist, are the dark places you'll go to with him, and their revelations Johanna Schneller Published on Friday, Nov.

Strange timing: With hordes of moviegoers turning out this month for the minimalist, gore-free "Paranormal Activity," along comes Danish provocateur Lars von Trier, delivering unto the art-house and video-on-demand marketplace a film that is maximalist, not minimalist; laced with images of outlandish cruelty and violence; and a cinematic "scream" ...

'The Boss of it All': Lars in Charge Von Trier assures us at the outset that this will be a "cozy comedy," the last thing you might expect from this prickly filmmaker.

Let's get this out of the way immediately: Antichrist , Danish director Lars von Trier's new sylvan horror film, contains graphic scenes of a penis ejaculating blood, a self-inflicted clitorectomy and a hobbling that rivals James Caan's in Misery .

STRANGE is a relative term when applied to the work of Willem Dafoe , and yet when one looks at his fall schedule, it is also the word that jumps most immediately to mind.

The movie that scandalized Cannes finally arrives Stateside. Your move. Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe in 'Antichrist' Lars Von Trier's "Antichrist" is a curious mash-up of cutting-edge torture-porn and good old porn-porn that fails on both fronts.

Has there been a more harrowing and courageous performance this year? Willem Dafoe plays a wholly evil man occupying a wholly evil world in Lars on Trier's "Antichrist," a new film that challenges its viewers so boldly that some have fled from the theater.

For a guy who provoked BjA rk into eating her costume during the making of Dancer in the Dark , who drove John C. Reilly to leave the set of Manderlay in disgust after he was asked to participate in the butchering of a donkey, and whose most recent film - Antichrist , a gruesome " - He' said/ - She' said" set in a forest called "Eden" - has ...

Willem Dafoe might be a self-described "square boy from Wisconsin." But his jack-o-lantern grin, intense stare and scary cheekbones often get him hired as various outcasts, outlaws and out-right weirdos.

If you're looking for a great date movie, you'll probably want to steer clear of "Antichrist," the newest bit of strangeness from Danish writer-director Lars von Trier It makes for some mighty uncomfortable viewing, as it's about a couple whose marriage and shared mental stability are coming apart at the seams when their infant dies in an accident.

Controversial Antichrist director Lars von Trier will next helm science fiction disaster film Planet Melancholia .

Antichrist director Lars von Trier has announced that his next project will be a psychological disaster film titled Planet Melancholia .

I saw this on display at Fantastic Fest a few days ago but didn't think much about it.

Movie posters promising "a comedy by Lars von Trier" carry the whiff of stunt directing.

Johanna Schneller Last updated on Tuesday, Sep. 15, 2009 09:07AM EDT j schneller@globeandmail.com Well, it's Tuesday, we're halfway through TIFF 2009 , and everything is right on schedule.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided to present the coveted Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producer-executive John Calley, and Honorary Awards to actress Lauren Bacall, producer-director Roger Corman, and cinematographer Gordon Willis.

"I would like to appologize for refering to George W. Bush as a deserter. What I meant to say is that [he] is a deserter, an election thief, a drunk driver, a WMD liar, and a functional illiterate.

"Eclipse" is pulling a switcheroo. In the third installment of Summit's "Twilight" franchise, Rachelle Lefevre, who was to play the role of villain Victoria, will be replaced by Bryce Dallas Howard when shooting begins in Vancouver on August 17.

At first, Summit announced that Rachelle Lefevre, who plays the villain Victoria in the first two movies, had "scheduling conflicts" and opted for the role to be recast for Eclipse , the third movie.