As a modern-day scientist, Tommy is struggling with mortality, desperately searching for the medical breakthrough that will save the life of his cancer-stricken wife, Izzi.
Movies in the vein of 'Winter's Tale': epic romances that use magical imagery to convey the mystery, and terror, of love. Will make tinder seem positively prosaic!
Not a particularly cheery mind, but definitely a creative one: enjoy the collected cinematic efforts of psychological-thriller auteur Darren Aronofsky.
Slow cinema, also called philosophical cinema, or contemplative cinema, is a style of filmmaking emphasizing meditation over movement; it is often minimalist, observational, and can eschew narrative. The perfect pre-sleep watch!
Movies in the vein of Interstellar: These cerebral sci-fi masterpieces are guaranteed to get you thinking about time, space, destiny, free-will, and pretty much every other insoluble existential mystery. The thinking man's blockbusters!
Movies that at their worst are bound to leave you feeling bleak and hopeless, but at their best capture the languorous, bleak, and somehow beautiful emotion of melancholy.
While love today is mostly a quiet affair arranged through match.com, it was not always so. Enjoy these epic romances set against the backdrop of sinking ships, world wars, and colonial ventures. Quite frankly, we don't know where they get the energy from!
Because who says science can't be romantic; watch these lovers battle oppressive technocracies, impending planetary disaster, and the ravages of time itself with this list of the very best 21st century sci-fi romances.
These movies would be worth watching even if the speakers on your TV were busted. But with films like 'Interstellar', 'Life of Pi', and 'Cloud Atlas', don't think for a moment they depend on style over substance.
Once voted the sexiest man alive, Hugh Jackman brings a rugged Australian charm to every role he plays! So much more than just Wolverine!
