Disillusioned and exhausted after a decade of battling in the Crusades, a knight (Max von Sydow) encounters Death on a desolate beach and challenges him to a fateful game of chess.
Raises the question of whether we have forgotten what it means to be truly human in today's technological age, and proceeds to answer this question by taking a journey around the world.
Ida is a moving and intimate drama about a young novitiate nun in 1960's Poland who, on the verge of taking her vows, makes a shocking discovery about her past, evoking the haunting legacy of the Holocaust and the realities of postwar Communism.
Prince Hamlet attempts to exact revenge against his Uncle Claudius, who has killed his father and married his mother. This tragic Shakespeare play's titular character espouses ideas about skepticism, existentialism, and relativism.
A story about the life of a Buddhist monk as he passes through the seasons of life from childhood to old age that raises questions about the origins of evil and human nature.
In this lecture, examine Kant's fundamental arguments, deontological ethics, and utilitarianism, which are key to understanding much of modern political theory.
In this beloved 1988 PBS series, mythologist and storyteller Joseph Campbell joins Bill Moyers to explore what enduring myths can tell us about our lives.
This film introduces the core ideas and the history of the so-called Kyoto School, an open network of 20th-century Japanese thinkers representing an encounter between Zen Buddhism and Western philosophy.
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