Europa

Absent from the features competition prize list at the 7th Paris Cin?ma festival, which closes today with the triumph of George Ovashvili 's The Other Bank (Georgia/Kazakhstan), Europe enjoyed much greater prominence at the professional meetings. ... Full Article

In the interest of full disclosure, I'll admit that I don't really get Danish director Lars von Trier . His movies baffle me, and make me feel stupid. ... Full Article

An American-born German pacifist (Jean-Marc Barr) takes a job as a sleeping-car conductor in post-World War II Frankfurt in a misguided attempt to help rebuild the motherland, then falls hard for his employer's vampy separatist daughter (Barbara Sukowa). ... Full Article

Following The Element of Crime and Epidemic , this third feature by Von Trier may be best. A master of directorial skill, he makes with Europa and ambitious and entirely successful attempt to introduce a new vision to cinema as... ... Full Article