Movies: Philosophical

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Remains is a movie about the struggle of those who remain, the ones who stay stuck and are left with only memories when everything is destroyed and rebuilt....

An ex-philosophy professor-turned-hermit hires a sex-worker to play chess and answer a series of personal questions, but with one caveat: she cannot ask any questions about him....

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...

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....

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......

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."...

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....

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

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....

After accidentally becoming the caretaker of a robin’s egg, I reach out to my grandmother for guidance. As we await the fate of the fragile, pale blue egg, we call from across the world to birdwatch together—a meditation on nature, nurture, and letti...

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....

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...

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...

Presents the history of the domestic cat, tracing the animal as a house pet and as a symbol of mystery and worship from ancient Egypt to the present day. Offers hints on the care and treatment of cats in homes of today....

Abstract animation...

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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....

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