Melancholia Ends at Guild

Melancholia at the Guild Cinema

Friday-Thursday, December 2-8,  3:00, 5:45 & 8:15 pm

In this beautiful movie about the end of the world, Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgard) are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg), and brother-in-law John (Kiefer Sutherland).  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… MELANCHOLIA is a psychological disaster film from director Lars von Trier.

“Sincere, haunting, powerful cinema.” – Charlie Lyne, Ultra Culture

“STUNNING. A MOVIE THAT LEAVES THE VIEWER IN A STATE OF ECSTACY. A moving masterpiece, marked by an astonishing profundity of vision.” – Lisa Scwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

“A SPECTACLE IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN AWAY FROM. A MONUMENTALLY AMBITIOUS MOVIE. When I left the theatre, I felt light, rejuvenated and unconscionably happy.” – J. Hoberman, Village Voice

The Guild Cinema is located at 3405 Central Avenue NE, in the Nob Hill area.
Website: www.guildcinema.com