Bizarre doesn't begin to describe what happens to Björk in Dancer in the Dark. Danish writer-director Lars von Trier (Breaking the Waves) has boldly cast the Icelandic diva as Selma, a Czech ...

As for nothing dreadful happening, Dancer In The Dark simply oozes dread, as Selma's world becomes ever more threatening. We know her eyesight is failing, so every day in the factory is an ...

Leave it to the French to stir things up. Last May, in another one of their audacious moves, the jury at Cannes embraced "Dancer in the Dark" director Lars von Trier and his volatile star Bjork by ...

Owen Gleiberman is the former film critic at Entertainment Weekly. He left EW in 2014. ... Published on September 21, 2000 04:00AM EDT. Lars von Trier’s Dancer in the Dark is a crock — a very ...

Movie Reviews & News. Latest Movies; Movie Reviews & News; Movie Times; Find a Theater; Giveaways; Movie Reviews & News. Dancer in the Dark Written and directed by Lars von Trier By Gregory ...

(CNN) -- Lars von Trier's revisionist musical, "Dancer in the Dark," is a perplexing film that contains moments of astonishing power. Von Trier -- who loves to polarize audiences -- simply doesn't ...

Vivid, frustrating, breathlessly beautiful and at times overpoweringly brutal, "Dancer in the Dark" is a tough movie to fit into your head. Measure it by slick Hollywood standards and it will ...

And yet, "Dancer" is a liberation from all of those films and genres. You may leave this movie exhilarated by its no-holds-barred boldness or annoyed and bewildered at the unpredictable course it ...

When Bjork Brought ‘Dancer in the Dark’ to Cannes. The crowd seemed genuinely shocked when the film earned the Palme d’Or and the singer won best actress.

Film Critic Henry Sheehan reviews The Dancer in the Dark, the new film directed and written by Lars von Trier. Accessibility links. Skip to main content; Keyboard shortcuts for audio player; ...