Movies: Self reflection

"Cause all the music you loved at sixteen, you'll grow out of. And all the times they will change, it'll all come around", Lorde humming in her song, Stoned at the Nail Salon (2021). It gets me, 15 years old Alma, into something that she fears the m...

A young Filipino man learns to be the caregiver of his abusive grandmother who suffers from dementia, only to be mistaken as her old lover....

Eldar Ryazanov reads his poetry. An introspective movie on his multifaceted work....

A conversation Harper has with herself in her own head, interjected with the moments in which she is recalling. Some sort of event sent her into an existential state of mind, where she can't help but think about who she is, and how much control she r...

A cinematic essay interweaving private archive images and a mixture of reflective, speculative and poetic intertitles that, like “an old movie from the 20th century”, invites us to meditate on what Des Pallières once liked to call “our old homeland”....

The follow-up film to “Barstow, California” takes us to the mountains of Miyama, a remote forest and tourist area north of Kyoto. Uwe Walter, a shakuhachi player from Germany, lives there with his wife Mitsuyo for 30 years. Together with the villager...

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At the peak of his career, billionaire Krishnakant Jhunjhunwala realizes the futility of his success at the cost of his health. Leaving his empire behind, he seeks solace in Varanasi, embarking on a spiritual journey that transcends life and death, s...

Left for dead on an abandoned earth, a struggling man must accept his situation and reconcile with his unsettling past....

While cooking Badhakopi’r Ghonto – a mixed vegetable stir fry—, Laila reflects on the act of cooking, loving, and what it means to find and keep a good man in a world of monsters....

Meadows the butler quits after being tormented by the spoiled family cat, who finds he is unable to survive on his own, especially after meeting the mice Hubie and Bertie....

A young man confronts himself at 80....

A dancer struggles with their self image, but continues to perform....

Indulging in frivolous passions and contemplating the essence of being, a young woman reflects her feelings that seem to be doomed and rejuvenating at the same time....

Caught in a spiral of routine and unresolved tensions, young spouses Amanda and Sebastián face a crucial point after a heated argument. Over the course of a day of introspective journeys and memories, mysterious encounters from different timelines ch...

On a busy beach on the Aegean Coast, we meditate on a turning point in life....

A man comes to sit alone at an isolated bus stop. Followed by a stranger. Then they both converse about how they once killed someone....

A personal reflection on hands, the word "tear," and caring for oneself that experiments with sound, silence, and definitions....

A meditation on memory around Iceland's famous Ring Road....

A documented introspection written, directed, composed, illustrated, and experienced by Riadh Bakache, serving as a transition into a new era for his YouTube channel. Rich in emotion, this piece reflects on his personal experiences and inner journey,...