Following the release of three clips [watch them here], a new quad poster has been revealed fpr Lars Von Trier’s controversial thriller The House That Jack Built which is inspired by French Romantic artist Eugène Delacroix’s ‘The Barque of Dante’; take a look below… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for The House That Jack Built THE HOUSE THAT […]
Lars Von Trier’s The House That Jack Built gets a first trailer
Coinciding with its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, the first trailer has debuted for writer-director Lars Von Trier’s upcoming thriller The House That Jack Built which sees Matt Dillon leading a cast that includes Uma Thurman, Bruno Ganz, Ed Speleers, Sofie Grabol, Riley Keough, and Yu Ji-tae; watch it here… The House That Jack Built tells […]
Matt Dillon in first image from Lars von Trier’s The House That Jack Built
The first image has arrived online from The House That Jack Built, the next film from Nymphomaniac director Lars von Trier, which stars Matt Dillon as a serial killer called Jack. The House That Jack Built tells the story of “the highly intelligent Jack over a span of 12 years and introduces the murders that define […]
Directorial Vision vs Crowd Pleasing
Tom Jolliffe on directorial vision vs crowd pleasing… We’ve all done it in our lives. The crowd leans a certain way and we adhere to that. Maybe it was in school. Oasis vs Blur (yes, I’m old). The consensus is Oasis, so you put Oasis in your tape deck to please everyone. Secretly though you’re […]
Uma Thurman joins the cast of Lars Von Trier’s serial killer thriller The House That Jack Built
The latest effort from maverick filmmaker Lars Von Trier has cast actress Uma Thurman as a co-star. The film titled The House That Jack Built is headlined by Matt Dillon as a serial killer and now Thurman has joined proceedings too, reuniting with her Nymphomaniac director. This much anticipated thriller by the director of Melancholia, […]
The Death of Good Screenwriting in Hollywood
Tom Jolliffe on the death of good screenwriting in Hollywood… Awards season is in full swing, so it seems somewhat ironic to come and bemoan the dearth of good screenwriting within the modern studio system, but I’m going to anyway. Putting aside the award nominated films, my focus is more on those films that are […]
Matt Dillon to play a serial killer in Lars von Trier’s The House That Jack Built
Deadline is reporting that Matt Dillon is set to play the lead role of a serial killer in The House That Jack Built, the new film from director Lars von Trier (Melancholia, Nymphomaniac), which also has Bruno Ganz (Downfall) attached to star. “It’s with great pleasure that we have succeeded in being able to present Matt […]
Lars Von Trier to direct a serial killer film as his next feature
When you think of Lars Von Trier movies, misery probably arises in the very essence of your being. As brilliant, bold and brave as his films tend to be, they aren’t exactly rainbows and puppies. He’s made a career out of polarizing audiences and critics alike with an oeuvre of unapologetic happiness vacuums, but if […]
