von Trier does not hesitate to engage into a dialogue and thus experiment with mainstream cinema, in order to reshape the relationship between film production and reception...we can see Antichrist as a film that thematises the medium itself...

| Feb 23, 2024

Whether [Von Trier's] goading incites a reaction of sheer revulsion or artistic admiration depends greatly on the viewer. He must, however, be praised for stimulating a fierce reaction.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 30, 2023

... An emotional tour de force, in which captivating moments coexist with others that border on the ridiculous. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jun 7, 2023

Here is a masterpiece of abject horror, a monumental achievement by a queer director. We recommend it for that reason with one caveat: if you dont like being scared, please watch something else.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 20, 2022

Von Trier, so far, has not given any indication of such artistry. Aside from unquestionable audacity and marketing skill (above all, for self-promotion), the Dane has not displayed very much.

| Feb 13, 2021

[Lars] von Trier has made an exquisite, haunting reverie whose beauty only intensifies its foreboding qualities.

| Jan 23, 2020

Charlotte truly excelled by bringing her usual brand of depressive confusion as a grieving mother in a state of constant anxiety and guilt. She epitomizes the shy "it girl" gone dark. In a way, she became Tiers muse...

| Aug 6, 2019

It is frightening because it takes an unflinching look at the power and complexity of our emotional lives, a power so great that it might in fact destroy us.

| Jun 25, 2019

Cinema in the purest sense, a kind of dark, sadomasochistic poetry that transcends words and easy descriptions. It may revel in its own chaos, but chaos has never been so profound.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jun 6, 2019

The Danish madman dives deep and horrifically into the territory of theology, aiming his criticisms at the misogyny of religion and, in turn, society.

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 7, 2019

The film is for the most part a wry treatise on how a grieving couple strip away the ego and the rational for an increasingly fraught trip into confronting their primal fears.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 4, 2018

Antichrist is deftly made, visually atmospheric and has, at its heart, two of the rawest, bravest performances you will probably ever see. It's also horrible and therein lies the rub, I suppose.

| Aug 29, 2018

It is a great joy to encounter a modern film that is less concerned with the plot as it is with style and ideology.

| Aug 21, 2018

A good psychological horror film that has little to do with theological anguish. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 15, 2018

... a portrait of marriage as a morass of anger, suspicion and power ... that von Trier twists into a diseased hell: paradise rotted.

| May 4, 2017

If you can stomach the violence, which is something that rivals Saw VI, it is beautifully crafted and unlike anything in theaters today.

| Oct 5, 2016

A confrontational film that dances between the sublime, the mundane, and the shocking with little to no regard for audience expectations.

| Aug 28, 2015

There will be no thumbs up or down ... [The film] is neither disgusting ... nor is it one of the great films. It is a transitional work made by an artist clearly in crisis.

| Sep 24, 2014

...absurdly abstract in a way von Trier's best films are not.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Mar 19, 2014

Von Trier admits he has no idea what any of this s--- means, but only a filmmaker of his skill could make such an inchoate mess so strangely entertaining.

| Mar 5, 2014