POSTS ON PHILOSOPHY

In Unsane, we follow Sawyer, a woman who might have been involuntarily committed to a psych ward as she tries to convince her caretakers that she is imprisioned by her stalker. Sawyer's captivity begins when she accidentally signs a form that allows them to admit her to the facility for 24 hours.

In Lily's world, someone always picks up the trash: whether its a bag of chips on the kitchen table, or the consequences of murder. But while the lavishness of Lily's lifestyle is lost on her, make no mistake- this world is her's, and all the characters only inhabit it.

In Plato's epistemology, his theory of anamnesis revolves around the concept of our knowledge that exists before we are born. By observing beauty, we can rediscover the knowledge that we lost when we were brought into existence.

What is the self? The dictionary defines it as 'a person's essential being that distinguishes them from others'. The thesaurus likens it to the ego, persona, identity, character, and spirit. And philosophers see it as an activity, delusion, a narrative, and a bundle of perceptions.

Dave Chappelle recites a story from Pimp during his latest standup special called The Bird Revelation. He ties the concepts of the story to capitalism, and mentions that it is an allegory for his leave from comedy.

Humans seem to be the only animals on earth that ask themselves how they came to be and why they are the way they are. We could represent this uniqueness as an achievement, a mark of distinction, as perhaps it is. But it would be easy enough to seize upon it instead as a sign that we are lost- disoriented, uncomfortable in our own skin, in need of an explanation.

Phantom Thread is a film about the relationship between Reynolds Woodcock, an English couture dressmaker from the 1950's, and Alma, his most recent romantic interest. The film begins with the world that Reynolds inhabits- one where he is the center of attention of many women, and where his attention is solely focused on his work.

In Murakami's Sputnik Sweetheart, every character is a satellite- a small, metal object, hurling through the emptiness of space. The narrator, who is in love with Sumire, watches as she falls in love with an older woman named Miu, who she refers to as her 'Sputnik Sweetheart'. They are all intimate with one another in different ways, but between each of them, an uncrossible distance remains.

Columbus is a film written and directed by Kogonada, and follows Jin, a Korean man with a dying father, and Casey, a 19-year old who forewent college to take care of her mother.

Call Me By Your Name, written by André Aciman, is a novel about two boys- Oliver and Elio- who fall in love in the northern Italian countryside during the 80's. It is now a major motion picture.

L'avenir, or Things To Come, is a drama written and directed by Mia Hansen-Løve. It follows a philosophy teacher during a period of self-rediscovery after her husband announces that he is leaving her for another woman.