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Nicole Kidman in "Dogville", directed by Lars von Trier, Sweden, 2002 (Rolf Konow/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)

Dogville's "honest folks" 20 years on

Kyle Turner
Matt Dillon as Jack in "The House That Jack Built" (Photography by Christian Geisnaes/Courtesy of IFC Films)

Dillon on playing von Trier's psycho

Gary M. Kramer
Matt Dillon as Jack and Riley Keough as Simple in "The House That Jack Built" (Christian Geisnaes/Courtesy of IFC Films)

IFC Films faces sanctions over new film

Zach Sharf - Indiewire
Udo Kier (Getty/Jason Kempin)

Udo Kier opens up about his wild career

Gary M. Kramer
Sherwan Haji and Niroz Haji in "The Other Side of Hope" (Pandora Film)

“It’s not obligatory to be nice”

John Semley
Howard Stringer, Chairman and CEO of Sony Corp., and Harvey Weinstein attend the 'Memoirs Of A Geisha' New York premiere after party at the Central Park Boathouse on December 6, 2005. (Getty/Evan Agostini)

L.A. Stories and Whisper Networks

Melanie McFarland
Rachel Bloom in "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," Glenn Close in "Fatal Attraction" (The CW/Paramount Pictures)

Not anyone's "crazy bitch"

Nico Lang
Amy Adams and David O. Russell (AP/Jordan Strauss)

5 most sadistic film directors

Nico Lang

Lars von Trier's sex odyssey

Andrew O'Hehir
Charlotte Gainsbourg (Reuters/Ina Fassbender)

Charlotte Gainsbourg talks sex

Andrew O'Hehir

Prachi Gupta
Shia LaBeouf

Erin Keane
Kirsten Dunst in "Melancholia"

Is "Melancholia" a feminist film?

Lindsay Zoladz
Kirsten Dunst in "Melancholia"

Lars von Trier's spectacular "Melancholia"

Andrew O'Hehir
Charlotte Gainsbourg in "Melancholia"

Charlotte Gainsbourg on von Trier's "Melancholia"

Andrew O'Hehir
Lars von Trier (Reuters)

Lars von Trier isn't sorry -- and he's not a Nazi

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Happy "Spy" Day!

Drew Grant
Kirsten Dunst, winner of the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for her performance in "Melancholia."

Malick's "Tree of Life" wins Palme d'Or

Andrew O'Hehir
Director Lars Von Trier poses for portraits after an interview with the Associated Press promoting the film Melancholia at the 64th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan) (AP)

Andrew O'Hehir
Director Lars Von Trier poses for photos during an interview in Mougins, southern France, Friday, May 20, 2011. On Thursday, May 19, 2011 the Danish filmmaker was booted out of the Cannes Film Festival for a bizarre, rambling news conference in which he said he sympathizes with Adolph Hitler. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) (AP)

David Germain
Lars von Trier and Kirsten Dunst, star of his movie "Melancholia," at a news conference in Cannes.

Emma Mustich
Director Lars von Trier

Lars von Trier's "Nazi" scandal gets even dumber

Andrew O'Hehir
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