Each month a Phoenix staff member picks a film, for September Hires and Conferencing Coordinator Lotte Coleman has chosen Lars von Trier’s superb metaphysical drama Melancholia.

"★★★★★ – Audacious, beautiful, tactful filmmaking" – Empire

★★★★★ – Financial Times

Each month a Phoenix staff member picks a film. For September Hires and Conferencing Coordinator Lotte Coleman has chosen Lars von Trier’s superb metaphysical drama Melancholia, which follows two sisters and their strained family relationships as a rogue planet hurtles towards Earth.

"I first saw this in 2011 in the early years of “new” Phoenix and it has always stayed with me. Kirsten Dunst is incredible in the lead and I love films that take on huge philosophical questions but refuse to give easy answers" - Lotte