Jiro Yakuin, a high school student, is paired with Akari Watanabe, a gal who initially finds him repulsive. They make a pact to earn enough points to switch partners and pursue their own romantic interests. Through their journey, they discover the complexities of love and relationships within their school.
Pierrot le Fou is a French New Wave film that tells the story of Ferdinand, a man unhappy with his life and marriage. He meets Marianne, a mysterious and beautiful woman, who persuades him to leave everything behind and go on the run with her. Together, they embark on a road trip filled with romance, crime, and existential exploration.
Lorna Brady wakes one morning to find a corpse in her house with no idea who the dead woman is. She doubts herself, because she has long suffered from extreme bouts of sleepwalking.
Childhood friends Magalie and Blandine reunite after years apart and decide to finally take their dream vacation to Greece. However, they soon realize that they have very different approaches to holidays and to life.
Goodbye to Language is an avant-garde film that explores complex themes such as love, unhappiness, and existential loneliness. It follows the story of a young woman and her relationship with a man, using metaphorical elements like a park bench, a painting, and memories of the past. The film delves into philosophical ideas and includes scenes depicting bodily functions like excrement, flatulence, and blood. It challenges traditional narrative structures and offers an intellectual and introspective experience for viewers.
Vive L'Amour is a Taiwanese slow-cinema drama that delves into the themes of love-triangle, jealousy, and existential loneliness. The film follows three main characters in Taipei who find themselves living in the same apartment building. As their lives intertwine, they navigate their own sexual identities and seek meaning in their lonely existence. Through minimalist storytelling and a nonlinear timeline, Vive L'Amour captures the sadness and confusion of urban life in Taipei.
Follow a group of 20-year-old students as they navigate the ups and downs of art and love while attending a renowned acting school. Experience the turning point of their lives and their first tragedy.
Dr. Orloff, a mad scientist, creates a monster using his experimental techniques. He seeks revenge on those who wronged him, using the monster as his tool. As chaos ensues, a singer and her friends find themselves trapped in the doctor's castle, fighting for their lives.
Goodbye, Dragon Inn is a slow and contemplative film that captures the lonely atmosphere of an old-fashioned cinema in Taipei, Taiwan. Set in a cinema showing the 1967 martial arts film Dragon Inn, the movie follows various characters, including a Japanese tourist, a projection booth operator, a cashier, and a swordsman. The film explores themes of existential loneliness, incommunicability, and the end of an era. With very little dialogue, the movie uses long takes to create a haunting and melancholic atmosphere.
The State of Things follows a film crew as they try to complete a movie despite facing numerous setbacks and personal crises. The film explores themes of disillusionment, existential loneliness, and the challenges of artistic creation. Shot in black and white, the movie has a nonlinear timeline and features minimalist filmmaking techniques. As the crew navigates through their difficulties, they grapple with their own desires and the complexities of the filmmaking process.
In Paris is a movie that explores the themes of existential loneliness and the search for meaning in life. The story follows a man in Paris who is experiencing unhappiness and loneliness. He encounters various characters and situations that reflect his own feelings of disappointment and sadness. Through his interactions with others, he begins to question the meaning of life and seeks to find fulfillment and happiness.
Adieu Philippine is a nostalgic coming-of-age story set in the 1960s in France. It follows a group of youths as they navigate love, friendship, and the challenges of growing up during the Algerian War. The film explores themes of innocence, desire, and the bittersweet melancholy of youth.
Charulata, a lonely and neglected wife in 19th century Calcutta, discovers a new sense of purpose and freedom when she starts writing and interacting with a newspaper editor. Her journey of self-discovery explores themes of existential loneliness and the limitations imposed on women in colonial India.
The Aviator's Wife is a romantic comedy that explores the intricate dynamics and challenges of a man and his wife in a humorous way. Set in 1980s Paris, the film follows the story of a male protagonist who becomes infatuated and obsessed with a female postman. As their unconventional relationship evolves, it delves into themes of loneliness, deception, and unrequited love. With a touch of black humor and a dose of Nouvelle Vague style, this minimalist movie offers a fresh perspective on love and self-discovery.
After his girlfriend leaves him, a mechanic embarks on a journey to find meaning in life and confronts his own inner demons.
Identification of a Woman follows a filmmaker's quest to find the perfect woman while exploring themes of unhappiness, existential crisis, and incommunicability. Set in Italy, this cult film portrays the downward spiral of a character's life and his disillusionment with love, art, and relationships.
Women are lucky, they get to have the only organ in the human body dedicated exclusively for pleasure: the clitoris! In this humorous and instructive animated documentary, find out its unrecognized anatomy and its unknown herstory.
A man returns to the place he once lived a passionate love affair with a woman who is now dead. So powerful are the emotions that seize him that he imagines she is still alive, and begins to live as if this were the case...
The Janes (2022) tells the story of the JANE collective, a group of women who created an underground network to offer safe and affordable illegal abortions. Despite facing arrests and operating clandestinely, JANE provided crucial reproductive healthcare to women in need.
An alarmingly disproportionate number of Black women are failed every year by the U.S. maternal health system. Shamony Gibson and Amber Rose Isaac were vibrant, excited mothers-to-be whose deaths due to childbirth complications were preventable. Now, their partners and families are determined to sound a rallying cry around this chilling yet largely ignored crisis.