Lars Von Trier
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The Rumpus Interview with Melissa Yancy
Melissa Yancy discusses her debut story collection Dog Years, using her day job for inspiration, and being “an old curmudgeon at heart.”
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The Rumpus Discussion of Nymphomaniac
[Lars von Trier is] a black hole in the middle of his cinematic universe, and sooner or later he’s going to suck everything right into himself.
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The Rumpus Review of Nymphomaniac Vol. II
If predictability was insight, if the familiar was shocking, if everyone hadn’t already watched a billion hours of Internet porn, Nymphomaniac might be the movie Lars von Trier thought he was making.
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Women Who Prey
Sex in both endeavors [Nymphomanic and Under the Skin] is a must; an addiction in the former and a tool for sustenance in the latter. But in both cases the women are driven by something beyond their control and as…
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The Rumpus Review of Nymphomaniac: Vol. 1
We view women’s sexual journeys different from men’s sexual journeys, particularly because we still have a hard time seeing women as sexual agents. In Nymphomaniac we see a woman who is in clear pursuit of sexual pleasure.
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Emotional Creatures: Excess, Restraint and Deliverance in Antichrist
Lars von Trier’s films are effective primarily because he is not afraid of creating complex female characters.
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Before You See “Antichrist,” A Few Other Romantic Films
It doesn’t take a Harvard-trained therapist to know that with love comes madness, obsession, jealousy, mind-fuckery, fear, panic and a healthy dose of psychosexual terrorism. Maybe these symptoms aren’t manifested in such harsh terms for everyone, but there’ s no…