Existentialism

Kanji Watanabe is a civil servant. He has worked in the same department for 30 years. His life is boring and monotonous, though he once used to have passion and drive. Then one day he discovers that he has stomach cancer and less than a year to live. After the initial depression he sets about living for the first time in over 20 years. Then he realises that his limited time left is not just for living life to the fullest, but to leave something meaningful behind.

In Bergman's dark and surreal masterpiece, the Black Death is sweeping Europe when a knight returns from the Crusades. He soon receives a visit from Death, who intends to take him, but agrees to play a game with him before that, creating the iconic scene of Death playing chess. The game continues for days, while the knight meets other characters with an uncertain fate.

Isak Borg is an old doctor and professor, who goes on a road trip to receive a tribute in another city, accompanied by his daughter-in-law. Along the trip, he meets people, remembers moments of his history and reflects on his life. A deep reflection of life and memories, brought by Ingmar Bergman's unique perspective.

A singer anxiously awaits her medical test results over two real-time hours. Roaming Paris streets, she encounters friends, strangers, and faces her own reflections on mortality. The city's vibrant pulse becomes a backdrop to her existential quest. Her journey culminates in a newfound perspective on life. This is an unmissable, riveting journey that beautifully navigates existential anxieties directed by pioneer filmmaker Agnès Varda.

Directed by the talented Greta Gerwig this film brings the iconic doll to life in a modern, empowering story. With the incredible performances of Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, this live-action follows Barbie's transformative journey of self-discovery. Full of stunning visual effects, a captivating plot and a strong message of acceptance of individuality, it celebrates the power of imagination and the breaking of social stereotypes. It is an experience which offers a modern and empowering twist on a beloved character that will leave you feeling uplifted and inspired.

Join the adventures of George Bailey, a selfless businessman in a small town. When he faces a crisis that puts his town at risk, an angel intervenes, showing him a life without his existence. This heartwarming holiday favorite will touch your soul. You'll want to watch this movie if you love heartwarming family dramas. Don't miss out!

Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche, in this new feature film version of Don Hertzfeldt's animated short film trilogy.

A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.

Phil Connors is an arrogant weatherman sent to cover the Groundhog Day celebration. When he wakes up he discovers he is living the exact same day over and over again. When Phil realizes he is trapped in a time loop he tries to use it to his advantage to win over Rita, his co-worker. You can't miss this funny, thoughtful and iconic 90's classic starring the incomparable Bill Murray.

In a dystopian future, synthetic humans called replicants threaten the delicate balance between man and machine. Former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, portrayed by Harrison Ford, hunts down rogue replicants, leading to a journey that challenges his own humanity. Directed by Ridley Scott, this visually stunning film explores profound questions about identity and morality, while its neo-noir style and atmospheric world-building have influenced the cyberpunk genre. With a stellar cast and an enduring impact on popular culture, this masterpiece immerses viewers in a thought-provoking and visually captivating experience.

Puppeteer Craig Schwartz and animal lover and pet store clerk Lotte Schwartz are just going through the motions of their marriage. Despite not being able to earn a living solely through puppeteering, Craig loves his profession as it allows him to inhabit the skin of others. He begins to take the ability to inhabit the skin of others to the next level when he is forced to take a job as a file clerk for the off-kilter LesterCorp, located on the five-foot tall 7½ floor of a Manhattan office building. Behind one of the filing cabinets in his work area, Craig finds a hidden door which he learns is a portal into the mind of John Malkovich, the visit through the portal which lasts fifteen minutes after which the person is spit into a ditch next to the New Jersey Turnpike. Craig is fascinated by the meaning of life associated with this finding. Lotte's trips through the portal make her evaluate her own self. And the confident Maxine Lund, one of Craig's co-workers who he tells about the portal if only because he is attracted to her, thinks that it is a money making opportunity in selling trips into Malkovich's mind after office hours for $200 a visit. Craig, Lotte and Maxine begin to understand that anyone entering the portal has the ability to control Malkovich's mind, which also alters his entire being. This experience makes Maxine fall in love with a composite. This ability to control Malkovich's mind begs the question of the ultimate psychedelic trip for Malkovich himself, who begins to feel that something is not right in the world as he knows it.

The almost real story of a screenwriter hired to adapt a book about an orchid thief for the cinema, but who realizes it is an impossible task, and then has to deal with his insecurities and dangerous characters.

A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.

Truman Burbank is burdened by the unshakable feeling that his perfect life is a lie. He struggles to seek freedom from his fabricated reality, as he discovers that he is trapped in a set inside a gigantic dome as the unknowing star of a live TV drama. Jim Carrey's absolutely iconic portrayal adds depth to this masterpiece, prompting viewers to question reality and contemplate the ethics of voyeurism, resulting in a thought-provoking and exciting cinematic experience.

Theater director Caden Cotard is mounting a new play. Fresh off of a successful production of Death of a aa/2Salesman, he has traded in the suburban blue-hairs and regional theater of Schenectady for the cultured audiences and bright footlights of Broadway. Armed with a MacArthur grant and determined to create a piece of brutal realism and honesty, something into which he can put his whole self, he gathers an ensemble cast into a warehouse in Manhattan's theater district. He directs them in a celebration of the mundane, instructing each to live out their constructed lives in a small mock-up of the city outside. As the city inside the warehouse grows, Caden's own life veers wildly off the tracks. The shadow of his ex-wife Adele, a celebrated painter who left him years ago for Germany's art scene, sneers at him from every corner. Somewhere in Berlin, his daughter Olive is growing up under the questionable guidance of Adele's friend, Maria. He's helplessly driving his marriage to actress Claire into the ground. Sammy Barnathan, the actor Caden has hired to play himself within the play, is a bit too perfect for the part, and is making it difficult for Caden to revive his relationship with the alluringly candid Hazel. Meanwhile, his therapist, Madeline Gravis, is better at plugging her best-seller than she is at counselling him. His second daughter, Ariel, is disabled. And a mysterious condition is systematically shutting down each of his autonomic functions, one by one. As the years rapidly pass, Caden buries himself deeper into his masterpiece. Populating the cast and crew with doppelgangers, he steadily blurs the line between the world of the play and that of his own deteriorating reality. As he pushes the limits of his relationships, both personally and professionally, a change in creative direction arrives in Millicent Weems, a celebrated theater actress who may offer Caden the break he needs.

Chris decides to leave his privileged life behind in search of freedom and adventure in the Alaskan wilderness without being sufficiently equipped. He embarks on a solitary journey through the most beautiful and dangerous landscapes. Based on a true story, this moving and thought-provoking film will make you think about what is that really matter in our lives.