Lars Von Trier

Cannes Film Festival 2018: From #MeToo to Netflix row, a look at controversies beyond selfie ban

With the winds of change, a bunch of legal battles seem to have hit the Cannes Film Festival which kicked off on 8 May. Here's a roundup.

Cannes Film Festival 2018: Lars von Trier returns after seven-year banishment for comments on Hitler

Seven years after he was declared a "persona non grata" at the Cannes Film Festival, filmmaker Lars von Trier is set to return to the Croisette.

Berlin Diary: Nymphomaniac punctures popular notions of love

Danish director Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac is a remarkable film. It explores an obsession of our times — sex — but with absolute dispassion and artistry.