Charlotte Gainsbourg Articles

Antichrist (2009) Direction & Screenplay: Lars von Trier Cast: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg   Charlotte Gainsbourg,, Antichrist   Into the Woods (a.k.a, Satan’s Church) It goes without saying that Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist is a disturbing and controversial film. I will not lie; the only reason I decided to watch it was because it was a play instantly on my Netflix queue, and even then, [...]

Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds (François Duhamel / The Weinstein Co.) SUMMER HOURS Best Film of 2009 – indieWIRE Poll Top choices in the indieWIRE annual poll’s other categories include Kathryn Bigelow as best director, the Coen brothers‘ A Serious Man screenplay, Tilda Swinton as best performer in a leading role for Erick Zonca’s Julia and, unsurprisingly, Christoph Waltz as best performer in a supporting [...]

Penélope Cruz has already won a best actress European Film Award (for Volver in 2006) and since her role in Broken Embraces is borderline supporting, my guess is that Cannes winner Charlotte Gainsbourg (above, with Willem Dafoe) will be the one taking home the prize for her bereaved sexed-out mother in Lars von Trier’s Antichrist. But who knows? Oscar winner Kate Winslet (for The Reader) [...]

One of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival’s clear favorites, Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon, a stark tale about a small northern German town beset by strange happenings right before the beginning of World War I, took the Palme d’Or for best film. (Cannes 2009 winners list.) "Happiness is very rare," said Haneke upon accepting his prize. "This is one moment in my life in which [...]