
Austenland review: bomb and bombasticity
Austenland, allow me to tell you how ardently I loathe and despise you.

Austenland, allow me to tell you how ardently I loathe and despise you.
BEST DIRECTOR Lars von Trier, Dogville Ever a risktaker, Lars von Trier took one of the biggest risks onscreen in 2004 with a determinedly uncinematic film that was also unabashedly political — a breathtaking and refreshingly daring combination in an era of play-it-safe “entertainment.” Setting his cast and his scene on a bare, black-box stage, … more…