Tag: Extreme Cinema

• European Extreme Cinema: Art or Exploitation? A focus on Lars von Trier’s ANTICHRIS♀(2009)

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  by Megan Hilborne “Exposure. That’s the only thing that works. Everything else is just talk. You have to have to courage to stay in the situation that frightens. And then you’ll learn that fear isn’t dangerous.”(von Trier, Antichrist, 2009) European extreme cinema has been described as the “cinéma du corps” (Palmer, 2011, p. 57) translating…

  

• Suffering and Sexual Politics – A Conversation with Zoë Rose Smith exploring New French Extremity filmmaking and Umbrella Entertainment’s New Extremity Boxset Vol.1

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  by Isabelle Cocozza In July of 2025, I sat down with critic, creator and self proclaimed ‘Queen of Extreme Horror’, Zoë Rose Smith (@zobowithashotgun) to discuss all things New French Extremity, especially the aspect of women’s focus in the movement. Zoë has produced work on The Suffering Woman in NFE (New French Extremity) for the…