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Post April 8, 2014

“Hey Joe, where are you going…?”: Lars von Trier’s NYMPH()MANIAC, Vol. II

SPOILERS throughout! Also, well worth seeing Vol. I, which I reviewed here, before seeing Vol. II, which offers no recap for the uninitiated. NYMPH()MANIAC Vol. II is a fist to the throat, a film raw with despair. It picks up where Vol. I left off, with Joe’s anguish over her sudden loss of sexual feeling, and documents the […]

Post March 24, 2014

“Go for the pleasure first, always”: Lars von Trier’s NYMPH()MANIAC, Vol. I

Spoilers throughout. Be warned. “I discovered my cunt as a two-year-old,” says Charlotte Gainsbourg’s Joe a few minutes into Lars von Trier’s new film, NYMPH()MANIAC. Forgive the language — but if part of the purpose of reading criticism is to assess what one might want to see or read, it’s important to be upfront: this is […]