«Anesthesia,» Tim Blake Nelson's exquisitely compressed cri de coeur about the meaning of life in a hyper - connected world, begins as a knife - wielding stranger viciously attacks Walter (Sam Waterston), a wise, kindhearted Columbia University philosophy professor at the door of his apartment building. (chron.com)
Following on from the arrival of a UK poster this past weekend, a new international trailer has debuted for Woody Allen's Irrational Man, which you can watch below after the official synopsis... Woody Allen's IRRATIONAL MAN is about a tormented philosophy professor who finds a will to live when he commits an existential act. (flickeringmyth.com)
Joaquin Phoenix (Inherent Vice, Her) stars as philosophy professor Abe Lucas, an uncouth instructor recently relocated to a new university in Rhode Island, the fictional Braylin College, but who has some renown in philosophy academia circles. (qwipster.net)