Monthly Archives: May 2014

Melancholia: a Critique of Modernism

Sometimes I think Lars Von Trier just want his audience to give in to despair. But that’s kind of the point with Melancholia (2011). Like Requiem for a Dream (2000) or Roots (1977), it’s not exactly a film you see for fun. Although undoubtedly Von Trier’s most accessible film, Melancholia still imparts that unsettling nihilistic dread […]