The longtime von Trier collaborator reflected on the 2011 feature starring Kirsten Dunst as a woeful bride who sinks into depression as the end of the world looms. Two years after working on the “very ...

The opening shot of Lars von Trier’s Melancholia (2011) is a close-up of Justine (played by Kirsten Dunst) her eyes shut, her wet, white-blonde hair wild, a feral halo around her face. And then she ...

Disaster movies occupy a certain spot in contemporary cinema. They usually conjure images of gridlocked city streets, wailing crowds and lots of fire. Lars von Trier's latest film, "Melancholia," ...

The first thing you see in Lars von Trier’s Melancholia is a tight close-up of Kirsten Dunst’s face. Behind her, slow as molasses, birds are dropping from the sky. Brueghel’s “The Flight of Icarus” ...

Two sisters, a wedding reception and the end of the world — these are the building blocks of Danish director Lars von Trier's aptly titled Melancholia. The title refers to the state of mind suffered ...

After enduring “Antichrist” a few years ago and then listening to Lars von Trier shoot off his mouth with an ill-advised “joke” about Nazis this spring at the Cannes Film Festival, I wasn’t exactly ...

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - After enduring "Antichrist" a few years ago and then listening to Lars von Trier shoot off his mouth with an ill-advised "joke" about Nazis this spring at the Cannes Film ...

The opening scene of Melancholia is one of the most captivating, psychedelic montages I’ve ever seen. It is carefully constructed with Easter eggs of all sorts that appear one by one as the film ...

When it was announced that Lars von Trier's next film was going to be a two-parter called Nymphomaniac, I was worried. 2009's Antichrist and 2011's Melancholia were both astonishing and frequently ...

Two years after working on von Trier's "very demanding" film "Antichrist," Gainsbourg starred opposite Kirsten Dunst in the apocalyptic drama. The longtime von Trier collaborator reflected on the 2011 ...