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'My father and I disagree on the purpose of cinema': Anders and Nicolas Winding Refn on film-making

The two Danish directors have known the joy of success and the pain of failure in their respective careers. Just don’t expect them to see eye to eye on anything else

Published: 11 Feb 2021

3 out of 5 stars.

The Boss of It All review – whimsical Lars von Trier workplace comedy
3 out of 5 stars.

Published: 20 Sep 2020
When art films attack: why The Painted Bird's try-hard horrors fail to land

Ryan Gilbey

Published: 14 Sep 2020

Published: 14 Sep 2020

The second coming of Jesus: how the Big Lebowski bowler was resurrected

It’s been 22 years since the dubious Puerto Rican appeared in the Coen brothers’ classic – and 46 since Les Valseuses, the French sex comedy John Turturro has loosely adapted for Jesus’s comeback. Welcome to the world of the cinematic crossover

Published: 20 Mar 2020

Charlotte Gainsbourg: ‘Everything now is so politically correct. So boring’

The actor and singer grew up in her parents’ shadow, and starred in Lars Von Trier’s most extreme films. She talks about why she’s finally comfortable in her own skin

Published: 26 Oct 2019

Best culture of the 21st century The 100 best films of the 21st century

Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000

Published: 13 Sep 2019

Vox Lux director Brady Corbet: 'The movie is about the desire to be iconic'

The US film-maker on creative burnout, working with Scott Walker and his new film starring Natalie Portman as a messed-up pop star

Published: 5 May 2019

Mads Mikkelsen: ‘One word wrong and you're a dead person’

The star of Hannibal, The Hunt and new film Arctic doubts frank conversation is possible in the wake of #MeToo. But is he really also sceptical about climate change?

Published: 25 Apr 2019
Cult cinema hero Udo Kier: ‘I like the film, it’s very brutal'

He has worked with everyone from Andy Warhol to Lars von Trier – as well as gone underage drinking with Rainer Fassbinder and chatted up hustlers with River Phoenix

Published: 11 Apr 2019

Observer European film Six of the best places to watch European films on the web

Looking to find quality European cinema in the streaming universe? These six services yield rich rewards

Published: 11 Feb 2019

3 out of 5 stars.

Mark Kermode's film of the week The House That Jack Built review – a killer with room for improvement
3 out of 5 stars.

Matt Dillon’s crazed architect recalls Lars von Trier’s grisly greatest hits in the director’s perversely timed black comedy

Published: 16 Dec 2018
2 out of 5 stars.

Peter Bradshaw's film of the week The House That Jack Built review – self-congratulatory serial-killer gorefest
2 out of 5 stars.

Matt Dillon plays an architect turned murderer in Lars von Trier’s latest provocation, which plays out with the director’s customary humourlessness

Published: 14 Dec 2018
The House That Jack Built: in defence of the serial killer movie

Elena Lazic

Lars von Trier’s latest film leads us once again into the abyss. But can watching graphic cruelty and violence teach us anything about the darkest corners of human nature?

Published: 13 Dec 2018

Published: 13 Dec 2018
Observer New Review Q&A Sofie Gråbøl: ‘Lars von Trier is a very caring person… he's not like his films’

The Danish actor on her role in the director’s new serial killer movie, being mesmerised by Suranne Jones, and Christmas hygge-style

Published: 8 Dec 2018

US release of Lars von Trier's gruesome The House That Jack Built falls foul of ratings board

Distributors of the serial killer film face sanctions after screening an unauthorised director’s cut in 100 cinemas across the US

Published: 29 Nov 2018
Steve Rose on film My biggest part yet … a history of prosthetic genitalia in film

To get into her role as Dr Klemperer in Suspiria, Tilda Swinton wore a set of fake male genitalia. From Nymphomaniac to Boogie Nights, here’s cinema’s story of fake body parts

Published: 5 Nov 2018

4 out of 5 stars.

Melancholia review – Lars von Trier's film makes accomplished, evocative stage debut
4 out of 5 stars.

Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne
World premiere stage adaptation replaces feverish imagery with a Chekhovian sensibility while contemplating the end of the world

Published: 19 Jul 2018

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