ANNIHILATION (2018) - Authenticity and the Death of the Individual
Alex Garland's adaptation of James VanderMeer's book tells us what it is to be a human instead of a human being.
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007) - The Good, The Bad, and the Naturally Selected
The Coen Brothers' No Country For Old Men makes a dramatic comment on the morality of Darwinism.
SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK (2008) - Mauvaise Foi and Parallel Realities
Caden Cotard wrestles with a psychosis that shouldn't be too unfamiliar to us.
TOY STORY (1995) - Transcendence and Facticity
Toy Story may just be a children's film, but just as it's been since the beginning of oral storytelling, the tales we tell our children are deeper than we might think.
THE TRUMAN SHOW (1998) - Truman Burbank and Sisyphus
The Truman Show asks us what happens when you're confronted with the absurd.
THREE COLORS: BLUE (1993) - Revolution, Liberty, and then Identity
Krzysztof Kieslowski makes an argument on Freedom that runs counter (or perhaps parallel) to western thought.
YOUTH (2015) - Sorrentino v Voltaire
Sorrentino prompts us to decide how we should live our lives.
NERUDA (2016) - Pablo Larrain's Malleable Reality
In Neruda, Pablo Larrain tells the story of how a modern legend is created.