melancholia

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The only sliver of hope — the only thing that stops "Greenland" from essentially becoming a Barstool-friendly "Melancholia" remake — is the special alert that John gets on his phone.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2020

Since PBF, Gurewitch has shifted his focus to film and TV, and he published a Kickstarter book called Notes on a Case of Melancholia, Or: A Little Death that pays homage to Edward Gorey.

From The Verge • Feb. 14, 2020

But Game of Thrones didn’t get its reputation for narrative cruelty for no reason, and if you were expecting a happy ending, you probably should have watched Melancholia.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2019

The eerily Boschian epilogue of "The House That Jack Built" plays, in some ways, like a reversal of the slo-mo apocalypse that kicked off his uncharacteristically lovely and mature 2011 drama, "Melancholia."

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2018

Thus, Albert Durer's noble "Melancholia" is entirely Leonardesque; the leaves on her head, her flesh, her wings, her dress, the wolf, the wooden ball, and the rainbow, being all equally white on the high lights.

From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John