Archive for Willem Dafoe

Catch-Up: Mississippi Burning

Posted in Catch-up with tags , , , , , on February 9, 2010 by sdoob


The pun is intended: this movie is too black and white.  Leaving no room for ambiguity, Mississippi Burning uses manipulative music and stereotypical characters to get one point across: the members of the Ku Klux Klan are assholes.
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ANTICHRIST

Posted in Festival/Event with tags , , , , , on October 13, 2009 by Timothy Parfitt

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When Willem Dafoe entered theater 4 of the AMC theaters last night to attend the Chicago premiere of his new film Antichrist, I was sitting in the front row, busy shoveling nachos into my mouth.  Some people were dressed up for the event, and there I was in a dirty sweatshirt pounding nachos.  I’m glad I got my eating out of the way: Antichrist, Lars von Trier’s newest film, is a beautiful and revolting instant classic. Read more »

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