Shudder
Sundance Now
AMC+
PhiloFailed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.
But the prevailing atmosphere of The House That Jack Built is one of sardonic, self-reflexive disdain. Von Trier has suggested that this may be his final film, and you can certainly read it as a sort of last will and testament, with an…
It’s a film that also mocks the sexual politics of grievance and for good measure makes light of tightening up America’s gun laws. In contrast to how Von Trier presents himself personally to saucer-eyed interviewers and profile-writers…
Notorious for a Cannes response that included both a standing ovation and hundreds of walk-outs, “The House That Jack Built” is finally available to American audiences, in limited release and on VOD in a slightly-edited R-rated cut. Don’t…
