‘Thelma’ Opening Scene Hints at the Unsettling Tone of Joachim Trier’s Coming of Age Thriller

In Joachim Trier‘s chilling, slow-burn coming-of-age thriller Thelma, a young woman’s emotions begin to manifest themselves in supernatural ways. It’s an eerie, effective film that burns itself into your mind and lingers long after the credits have rolled. Now the Thelma opening scene has appeared online to give you a better idea of the film’s unsettling […]

Uma Thurman, Who Made ‘Nymphomaniac: Vol. I’ Worth Watching, Joins Lars von Trier’s Serial Killer Drama

One of the best (/only) memorable scenes in Lars von Trier’s otherwise bloated Nymphomaniac films belonged to Uma Thurman. In a masterful one-act drama planted right in the middle of the first film, Thurman stormed onscreen and began giving her children a tour of the apartment of the women with whom her husband was cheating — showing them the likes […]