Don’t excuse Lars von Trier
Ignore all of that grinding of genitalia; the brilliant film is really an elaborate and hilarious response to St. Paul
Despite his notorious pro-Hitler comments at Cannes, Lars von Trier is more of a Jew than he knows and Melancholia a more Jewish movie than he realizes
Plus all is well in the Sinai!, Dylan the master thief, and more
The dumbest blog post you’ll ever read (and no, it’s not this one)
Sympathizing with Hitler—as Lars von Trier did this week at a much-publicized press conference at the Cannes film festival—may be the most Jewish thing the director has ever done
Plus, MoDo on DSK, LVT on Nazis, and more
Lars von Trier’s Europa delves into Germany’s past—and possibly his family’s
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