The future is an open question and right now that feels like a threat. These films do not offer false reassurance. They sit with uncertainty and occasionally find something solid inside it.
The final part of the film adaption of the erotic romance novel Gabriel's Inferno written by an anonymous Canadian author under the pen name Sylvain Reynard.
Something about the ending -- earned rather than tidy -- makes the future feel less like a threat.
Earns its ending
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
The film sits with uncertainty without pretending to resolve it. That is what you need.
Sits with uncertainty
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse's very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.
Something about the ending -- earned rather than tidy -- makes the future feel less like a threat.
Sits with uncertainty
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.
The film sits with uncertainty without pretending to resolve it. That is what you need.
Sits with uncertainty
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
Something about the ending -- earned rather than tidy -- makes the future feel less like a threat.
Sits with uncertainty
Sits with uncertainty
The silence is part of it. Let it be quiet.
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.
The film sits with uncertainty without pretending to resolve it. That is what you need.
Earns its ending
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
The film sits with uncertainty without pretending to resolve it. That is what you need.
Sits with uncertainty
George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
The film sits with uncertainty without pretending to resolve it. That is what you need.
Sits with uncertainty
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..
The film sits with uncertainty without pretending to resolve it. That is what you need.
Sits with uncertainty
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
The film sits with uncertainty without pretending to resolve it. That is what you need.
Sits with uncertainty
The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.