Salah satu tugas film adalah menjadi alat untuk bercerita. Dan sumber cerita sesungguhnya ada di mana-mana: di jalan, di rumah, di sekolah, di kantor, dan… di rumah sakit. Masalahnya, berapa banyak film Indonesia yang merepresentasikan kisah kaum wanita dengan berbagai seluk beluknya? Lebih fokus lagi: berapa banyak yang bercerita pasal problematika para perempuan yang sedang menanti kelahiran anak pertama mereka? SELENGKAPNYA »

Director / Writer : Lars Von Trier
Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Shuterland

I’ve been waiting too long to write this note about Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia. When I first saw it, I remember I really, really, really liked it without knowing why, yet. I had as mixed feelings as Melancholia’s reception in Cannes that year. Lars Von Trier made it even worse by making a scandal, –ended up being kicked out from the festival–, which had grown bigger than the movie itself. So I waited. I thought, maybe I will change my mind after a few days, or months, or even years. SELENGKAPNYA »