Hell Is For Hyphenates December 2018

Published: Dec. 30, 2018, 7 p.m.

b'Cassandra Magrath joins us to talk the films of Lars Von Trier!
\\nActor and producer\\xa0Cassandra Magrath (Wolf Creek, SeaChange, Wentworth) joins Rochelle and Lee to talk about some of the key films from the past month, including Alfonso Cuar\\xc3\\xb3n’s biographical drama\\xa0Roma (01:30), Yorgos Lanthimos’s acerbic historical comedy\\xa0The Favourite (4:21), Susanne Bier’s sensory apocalyptic thriller\\xa0Bird Box (08:53), and Gaspar No\\xc3\\xa9’s dance-filled horror\\xa0Climax (14:50).
\\nThey then compare their favourite films of 2018: how many crossovers and surprises lie within their lists?\\xa0(23:03)
\\nThen, Cassandra takes us through the works of her filmmaker of the month, Lars Von Trier. The Danish director is best known for brutal, challenging works like\\xa0Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, Dogville, Antichrist, Melancholia and Nymphomaniac. He’s a controversial, divisive figure equally loved and hated by film fans across the world. So is Von Trier a provocateur who prefers shock tactics to sincerity, or a misunderstood maestro with something to say? (30:07)
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