Spoiler Scale (How spoilery is this article on a scale of 1 to 10)?  10  Antichrist is a beautifully shot and deeply disturbing film in which “He” (Willem Dafoe) and “She” (Charlotte Gainsbourg) attempt to find what’s at the top of this triangle diagram: what She pathologically fears. After their child jumps out a window to his death while the ... Read More »

Spoiler Scale (How spoilery is this article on a scale of 1 to 10)?  8  Writer/director Lars von Trier’s Antichrist (2009) is the single most disturbing film I have seen in the last decade.  To be sure, I was not a big fan of the torture porn wave, although I have seen Saw (2004) and Hostel (2005).  And although I have never covered my ... Read More »