Modernity and digitalization equal loneliness and decay (?)

The first real professional success for famed French actress Maria Enders was twenty years ago as the co-lead in writer Wilhelm Melchoir's play and subsequent movie "Maloja Snake", he who picked Maria, then an unknown, personally. She played Sigrid, an opportunistic eighteen year old in an emotionally dependent lesbian relationship with forty year old Helena, who was at a vulnerable stage of her life. Maria has turned down the play's upcoming London revival in which she would now play Helena, it remounted by director Klaus Diesterweg. Her reasons for turning down the role are many including: being at a vulnerable stage of her own life going through a painful divorce; remembering the suicide of Susan Rosenberg, the original Helena, following the original run of the play, the suicide purportedly mirroring what happens to Helena; and the painful memories of the production in still having hard feelings toward who was her older male costar, Henryk Wald, with who she had an affair at the time. Maria reconsiders and accepts the role when Wilhelm unexpectedly passes away, she hearing the news en route to the Zurich Film Festival where she was to accept an award on recluse Wilhelm's behalf. Maria begins to regret her decision, largely due to having to work with nineteen year old Jo-Ann Ellis as Sigrid, Jo-Ann a trained actress whose Hollywood lifestyle is making her self-destruct, this behavior which Maria, who hates the Internet and the Hollywood gossip on it, did not know before signing the contract. But what may be most difficult for Maria is the role opening up her own professional relationship and friendship with her younger American personal assistant, Valentine, the two who are staying at Wilhelm's mountain retreat in Sils Maria in the Swiss Alps, where Maria is preparing for the play and where many of the locations were inspiration for the play's themes.

Lung, a former member of the national Little League team and now operator of an old-style fabric business, is never able to shake a longing for his past glory. One day, he runs into a forme teammate who is now a struggling cab driver. The two talk about old times and they are struck by a sense of loss. Lung is living with his old childhood sweetheart Ah-chin, a westernized professional woman who grew up in a traditional family. Although they live together, Ah-chin is always weary of Lung's past liason with another girl. After an argument, Ah-chin tris to find solace by hanging out with her sister's friends, a group of westernized, hedonistic youths.

he film follows Maureen, a personal shopper in Paris who seeks to connect with her deceased twin brother's spirit while receiving mysterious text messages. It offers a unique blend of psychological thriller and ghost story, with Stewart's compelling performance and Assayas' masterful direction creating an engaging and introspective experience.

In a small town, Hélène is a family matriarch who has devoted her life to preserving the legacy of her artist uncle. However, while her eldest son, Frédéric, wants to preserve her home after her passing, she harbors no such illusions as she prepares her legacy. After her death, her children realize what she anticipated as they come to terms with their inheritance's place in their own lives. In the resulting disposition of their mother's assets, treasured heirlooms of a romantic family past drift away even as their changing modern world confronts the value of their memories.

Agnes Varda, one of the leading lights of France's honored French New Wave cinema era, and professional photographer and muralist, J.R., partake on a special art project. Together, they travel around France in a special box truck equipped as a portable photo booth and traveling printing facility as they take photographs of people around the country. With that inspiration, they also create special colossal mural pictures of individuals, communities and places they want to honor and celebrate. Along the way, the old cinematic veteran and the young artistic idealist enjoy an odd friendship as they chat and explore their views on the world as only they can.

The Paradise Suite is about six people finding one another and, sometimes with just one glance, influencing one another's lives irreversibly. Beautiful young Bulgarian Jenya's journey to Amsterdam turns out to be the opposite of what she hoped for. Her grueling captivity forces angelic African Yaya to fight for her freedom--a dangerous fight in which he loses everything but his beloved faith. Serbian war criminal Ivica, who has just become a father, is painfully confronted with the fact that crimes will never go unpunished. Bosnian Seka has nothing left to live for except her vengeance, but that same vengeance brings love back into her life. And when Swedish piano wonder-boy Lukas runs away from his new temporary home, his father Stig finally realizes that their mutual passion for music damages their relationship.

In the heart of Stockholm, a museum's esteemed art curator is grappling with a profound crisis, both personally and professionally, as he endeavors to curate a highly controversial exhibition. This Palme d'Or winner film from the director Ruben Östlund explores themes of altruism, human behavior, and power dynamics.

Thanos has awakened with the promise to destroy everything in his path, and the only ones capable of stopping him are the Avengers. One fascinating thing about this sequel is that it focuses a lot on the villain Thanos, as well as containing the coming together of the various heroes we have followed so far.

Harry Caul, a devout Catholic and jazz-loving surveillance expert in San Francisco, is known for his exceptional skills and intense privacy. Tasked with recording a couple's conversation for a mysterious client, he becomes alarmed by what he hears, fearing the couple's lives are in danger. Haunted by a past job that led to deaths, Harry must decide whether to hand over the recording or intervene, thrusting him into a nightmare scenario.

Howard Beale, a veteran news anchor, faces termination after his ratings plummet. In despair, he announces his intent to commit suicide live on air but instead delivers an impassioned rant that resonates with viewers, skyrocketing the network's ratings. An ambitious producer seizes the opportunity and transforms Beale into "the mad prophet of the airwaves". As Beale's influence grows, he exposes corporate schemes, pitting himself against the network's executives.

A five year project involving filming on NYC subway. Camera observes people and events unaware they are being filmed. Emotional, intimate and deeply human. All done by director Tom DiCillo. He shot, edited and mixed the film by himself with the aim of making a film without any financial or marketing restrictions.

An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.

The story of a boy who would rather spend his time indoors playing video games instead of discovering what's waiting outside the front door. One day his mother decides to get a little surprise for her son.

After one of their friends commits suicide, strange things begin happening to a group of young Tokyo residents. One of them sees visions of his dead friend in the shadows on the wall, while another's computer keeps showing strange, ghostly images. Is their friend trying to contact them from beyond the grave, or is there something much more sinister going on?

Mia, an aggressive fifteen-year-old girl, lives on an Essex estate with her tarty mother, Joanne, and precocious little sister Tyler. She has been thrown out of school and is awaiting admission to a referrals unit and spends her days aimlessly. She begins an uneasy friendship with Joanne's slick boyfriend, Connor, who encourages her one interest, dancing.