The series has settled into a relaxed middle age, and one of the pleasures of tuning in at this late stage is the comfort of the familiar.
Lars von Trier’s pretenses of self-interrogation and cross-examination avail themselves as especially useful when considering his work.
Michel Gondry’s squiggling animations—loaded with puns and cutesy-poo jokes—don’t really square with the subject.
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