Science on Screen®: Melancholia (2011)

Science on Screen® at Images Cinema is made possible through a grant from the Coolidge Corner Theatre, with support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The theme of our 2024-25 season of Science on Screen® is "Eco-Disaster: How We Imagine Humankind Will Navigate Global Catastrophe." MELANCHOLIA will be preceded by a discussion with Dr. Jeremy A. Cone, Associate Professor of Psychology, Williams College and Dr. Jason E. Young, Visiting Field Memorial Assistant Professor of Astronomy, Williams College. Each talk will be unique to the academic focuses of each speaker, and will delve into both the actual scientific probability of such disaster occurring — and if it will occur as depicted in the film — and the veracity of the human responses to directly avoid said catastrophe and/or the psychological/sociological effects of the catastrophe coming to pass. Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire, and brother-in-law John. Despite Claire’s best efforts, the wedding is a fiasco, with family tensions mounting and relationships fraying. Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth…DramaPT2H50MR2025-01-08

Kirsten Dunst

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Kiefer Sutherland

Alexander Skarsgård

Stellan Skarsgård

John Hurt

Charlotte Rampling

Lars von Trier

Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen

Louise Vesth

Science on Screen®: Melancholia (2011)"Science on Screen®: Melancholia (2011)"

Showtimes

January 8, 7:00 pm