A mission deep into space in the year 2163 becomes a perilous struggle against insanity when the crew become infected by a malignant dark star. Jindrich Polák's pioneering and much-imitated feature is one of the cornerstones of contemporary sci-fi cinema. Adapted from Stanislaw Lem's 1955 novel The Magellanic Cloud, and predating Gene Rodenberry's Star Trek and Kubrick's 2001. Ikarie XB-1's influence can be seen on both and on almost every other science-fiction film that has followed.& find out more...
Thomas Beale says: "It’s Justine’s (Kirsten Dunst) wedding day. Everything should be perfect, but in her own temperamental nature, Justine makes things difficult. She is forced to trudge through tiresome rituals for the benefit of family and friends, including her sister Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg) with the looming and inevitable apocalypse intensifying relations. Though not quite as daring as Von Trier’s previous films, Melancholi find out more...