small talk
10 movies and shows
Good Morning
Tue, 12 May 1959
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after their parents refuse to buy a television set. Ozu weaves a wealth of subtle gags through a family portrait as rich as those of his dramatic films, mocking the foibles of the adult world through the eyes of his child protagonists. Shot in stunning color and set in a suburb of Tokyo where housewives gossip about the neighbors’ new washing machine and unemployed husbands look for work as door-to-door salesmen, this charming comedy refashions Ozu’s own silent classic I Was Born, But . . . to gently satirize consumerism in postwar Japan.
The Woman Who Ran
Thu, 17 Sep 2020
While her husband is on a business trip, Gam-hee meets three of her friends on the outskirts of Seoul.
It's Only the End of the World
Wed, 21 Sep 2016
Louis, a terminally ill writer, returns home after a long absence to tell his family that he is dying.
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Fri, 15 Sep 1972
In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
Norman Normal
Sat, 03 Feb 1968
Norman Normal is pressured to act in ways he finds uncomfortable by his boss, his father, and the people around him.
That's another story
Fri, 22 Aug 2014
It takes a fair bit of casual chat for Elle to realize she is able to rant about life's connected events and the lines that link us all. Luckily, Guy is a good listener, specially when charmed by a pretty girl with a talent for intriguing randomness. As to the bond that brings the two of them together... well, that's another story.
Neukölln Spiderman
Wed, 15 Jan 2025
Facing the risk of deportation from Germany, Altay learns that he must present a valid reason to the immigration office to stay. On his way home, he encounters a man wearing a Spider-Man mask and, curious about his valid reason, conducts a brief interview. During their conversation, Altay realizes that a series of encounters has been helping him make sense of his recent anxieties. Inspired by this, he begins recording conversations with people who share a similar sense of delusion and brings strangers into organic dialogues. Through a blend of fiction, documentary, and animation, the film explores ...
One Time Thing
Thu, 16 Jun 2022
One of those films about when you have to make small talk with your brother's friend outside and then someone dies and it looks like you killed them so you have to bury the body.
How Tasty Was My Little Cafaçu
Fri, 06 Feb 2015
It feels so good to dream of you. It feels so real it fills me with pleasure. And I can't think about anything else.
Factory Talk
Thu, 07 May 2020
Factory Talk is an intergenerational conversation about identity, sexuality and masculinity in a rural factory. Through the clanging of metal they make small talk, but as the gripes and grumbles testify to better times, the questions rising on the factory floor are of more than just nostalgia.