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Lars von Trier is exciting and enraging – his Parkinson’s diagnosis spells doom for cinema

INSIDE FILM: As the controversial director behind ‘Antichrist’ is admitted to a care centre for Parkinson’s weeks after the death of David Lynch, Xan Brooks wonders whether this may be the endgame for a certain strain of uncompromising left-field cinema

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Willem Dafoe: Antichrist is misunderstood

Willem Dafoe believes that 'Antichrist' - the polarising 2009 horror picture that he starred in - was misunderstood by viewers.

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Mutzenbacher review – erotic novel reading makes men the object of the porn gaze

Ruth Beckermann’s documentary centres around a fake audition in which men read aloud from a once scandalous 1906 novel, revealing the grotesque and humorous nature of male fantasy

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Ten bodies recovered from plane crash, officials say; Belarusian president says he warned Prigozhin – as it happened

Flight recorders also recovered, Russian officials say; Alexander Lukashenko says he warned Wagner bosses to be aware of threats to their lives

The Guardian - AU

Lars von Trier defends ‘Russian lives matter also’ comment

Film-maker criticises Danish PM for donating F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine and posing with Volodymyr Zelenskiy

The Guardian - AU

Ukrainian official eviscerates Lars von Trier for ‘Russian lives matter’ post: ‘Siding with the executioner’

‘War is not a movie where actors play life and death. Behind every living Russian terrorist, there is a dead Ukrainian,’ secretary of the National Security and Defense Council wrote

The Independent UK

‘Siding with the executioner’: Ukrainian official eviscerates Lars von Trier for ‘Russian lives matter’ post

‘War is not a movie where actors play life and death. Behind every living Russian terrorist, there is a dead Ukrainian,’ secretary of the National Security and Defense Council wrote

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The Idiots review – Lars von Trier’s appalling-taste Dogme satire is irritatingly original

Whether intended as a satire of bourgeois hypocrisy or not this tale of boorish nihilists announced von Trier as a consummate provocateur

The Guardian - UK

Lars von Trier puts out advertisement for a ‘girlfriend and muse’ on Instagram

Danish filmmaker asked interested parties to email him in candid video

The Independent UK

The week in theatre: Thrown; Dusk; Food review – plenty of fervent grappling with big ideas

Nat McCleary’s new play gets to grips with Scottish identity; a French-language take on Lars von Trier glides between stage and screen; and dinner is served, big time, courtesy of actor-clown Geoff Sobelle

The Guardian - UK

Dusk review – powerful exploration of Lars von Trier’s Dogville

The 2003 film forms the basis for this intriguing show about far-right tyranny but it is not a straightforward adaptation by any means

The Guardian - UK

Breaking the Waves review – Emily Watson adds brilliance to von Trier’s windup of a movie

In Lars von Trier’s otherwise ridiculous film, Watson brings generous substance to a punishing role as a dangerously selfless wife

The Guardian - UK

Dogville's "honest folks" 20 years on

Lars von Trier's portrait of a town that takes in a fugitive Nicole Kidman is less a provocation than a reflection

Salon

Lars von Trier: Danish film director diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease

Von Trier was said to be ‘in good spirits and... being treated for his symptoms’

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The Independent UK

Filmmaker Lars von Trier diagnosed with Parkinson’s

Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier, known for films like “Melancholia” and “Dancer in the Dark,” has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, his production company Zentropa said Monday

The Guardian - UK

Lars von Trier diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease

Danish director, who won Palme d’Or for Dancer in the Dark, said to be ‘in good spirits’

The Independent UK

Lars von Trier: Antichrist director diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease

‘Lars is in good spirits and is being treated for his symptoms,’ according to production company Zentropa

The Guardian - UK

Udo Kier: ‘I was so weak from eating only salad leaves to play Dracula I was in a wheelchair’

The German acting veteran of 275 films answers your questions on creating spine-chilling characters, singing into a lamp and working with everyone from Lars Von Trier to Arnold Schwarzenegger

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