Can a film be a masterpiece and something of a mess at the same time? That’s one of the questions raised by Lars von Trier’s controversial “Dancer in the Dark.”On one level, almost nothing ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Dancer in the Dark” Lars von Trier is a mechanic, not an artist. And his movies are meat grinders he feeds his characters through.

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 ...

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.

Lars von Trier's "Dancer in the Dark," that most morose of musicals, is so exasperating in its contradictions, so frustrating in its fakery, so deeply irritating in its pretensions, it's frankly ...

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 ...

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; ...