Movies: Confronting the past

An aging, booze-addled father takes a trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim what he believes to be a million-dollar sweepstakes prize....

John is a brilliant linguistic scientist with a loving wife and daughter but with a massive gap in his life. Eight years ago, he turned up out of nowhere, with no memories except a recurring dream. He is sent tumbling down the proverbial rabbit hole ...

Dog and Mirales have been friends since childhood, and live in a small village in the south of France. They spend most of the day hanging around in the streets. To kill time, Mirales has got into the habit of teasing Dog, to the extent that he has be...

When a young woman investigates her town's Nazi past, the community turns against her....

Koichi and Atsumi are lovers who have known each other all their lives. A year ago, however, a suicide attempt by Atsumi left her in a coma. Through 'sensing', a type of neurosurgical procedure allowing contact with the intentional aspect of a comato...

A young man looks back at his past as he gets ready to leave his childhood apartment....

Marianne visits her dying father in the hospital who tells of a box of old letters that she must promise to destroy. Marianne chooses to do the opposite, and reads them instead. There she finds shocking accusations against her father, who allegedly m...

A man goes to a bar....

Bill Moyers and filmmaker David Grubin give viewers a rare glimpse into dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones’s highly acclaimed dance Still/Here. At workshops around the country, people facing life-threatening illnesses are asked to remember the highs ...

Ezra Thorne faces yet another threat from his checkered past....

A boy embraces the future while putting away the past....

An unnamed passer-by is forced to trace a circular route inside an abandoned tram station, facing loss and time. The broken walls act as a channel, transmitting fragmentary, blurred and analogical memories. ...

After the social uprising in Chile in October 2019, Camilo el Hueto seeks refuge in Italy, attempting to escape the memories that haunt him. However, a letter will force him to return to his homeland, where he is no longer welcome, determined to get ...

A surprise engagement leads four soon-to-be step-siblings on a 1,400 mile road trip to set aside their differences and become a blended family....