The Rumpus Review of Melancholia
Melancholia, Lars von Trier’s new apocalyptic parlor drama, is a depressive’s feast, a vision of the end of the world as mercy killing.
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Jacob Mikanowski
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Jacob Mikanowski is a writer and critic who divides his time between Chicago, Warsaw, and the Bay Area. His work has appeared in The Millions, Bookslut, Bright Lights Film Journal, The Brooklyn Rail, and The Point.
The Rumpus Review of The Skin I Live In
Here’s a game: try to imagine what great directors would do if they had been forbidden by some cosmic entity from making films.