Movies: Philosophical

Secret ladder. Borne from firmament. Stone, atonal waters. Chorus of silent hands. A vanishing act. Night is burning. Night is burning white. Flesh, a white fire. Avian. Given. Secret ladder. Mirror, become mirror....

A cinematographic response to Sylvia Plath’s Lady Lazarus with Plath’s own readings of her poetry. A carousel of images in windows, an atmosphere of constant metamorphosis; her poetry as cinema. Audo outtakes of Plath reading from "Cut," "Daddy," "La...

A documentary on three families struggling to survive in Brazil....

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A short film depicting the existential suffering of a young man living in poverty....

While The Brilliant Brick was lost exploring in space, clone replacements were made... However there are now many clones at the house doing their own thing, until a new Donovan arrives, Donovan 17. Confused by the current state of affairs, he is guid...

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Despite Blacks making up only 7% of Madison WI's population, they are leading in so many important areas from education to politics, and are launching so many multi-million dollar projects that people describe this period as a "Black Renaissance."...

Bhavitavya, a philosophy student, is full of questions about life. When his favourite professor passes away, Bhavitavya embarks on a journey of self-discovery, wondering who he is and what his life means....

Than likes to spend his time alone, with no friends, but his quiet life is interrupted when a ghost named Phob shows up and asks for his help to find his past girlfriend. Ready to be rid of this disruption in his life, Than agrees....

Directed by Armand Bouvier, "S'asseoir" is a four-hour French comedy that masterfully blends absurdist humor with the profound existential philosophy of Albert Camus....

Anu, an innocent eleven year old girl who can not spend a day without her grandmother, and is told that she has gone to "God's House" upon her demise. Now she sets on a journey with a traveling folk group (Bhavai) to find God's house and get her gran...

The favourite places for thinking of the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche - Sorrento, Engadine, Venice, Genoa, Rapallo, Nice, Turin - with passages from his letters and notebooks that explain why they were so important to him....

Fatima is a little girl of eight years. By opening and closing the refrigerator, she wonders if the light stays on when the door closes......

Documentary on death with participation of philosophers, scientists and artists. Guest star, alexis karpouzos....

The Soviet philosopher Evald Ilyenkov tries to purge Marxism of ideological cliches, but is rebuffed by his colleagues and the Soviet authorities. The struggle for a true philosophy turns into a tragedy for him and his family....

An experimental half-documentary half-fiction about a young person’s routine of getting to sleep and waking up....

In his debut feature-length film, poet and author Paul Molinar offers an exciting assortment of musical performances, poetry recitations, and serious philosophical discussions. With this film, Molinar hopes to encourage those enduring difficult times...

Universam Grochów was a now-defunct shopping and service mall that emerged in the 1970s in Warsaw's Praga-Południe district. This department store functioned as a shopping center and a hub for the social life of right-bank Warsaw. At the end of 2016,...

Postlife is a surreal first-person comedy animation series (say that three times really fast) that follows the journey of a lost soul on its way to heaven....