Davis (Jake Gyllenhaal), un bancher de investiții ce se bucură de succes în carieră, se află într-un mare impas în plan personal după ce soția lui moare într-un accident de mașină. În ciuda insistențelor socrului său de-a se aduna și a-și trăi viața în continuare, Davis continuă să își plângă de milă. Ceea ce începe ca o scrisoare de reclamare a unei companii producătoare de automate se transformă într-o serie de scrisori. Acestea atrag atenția unui reprezentant al serviciului de relații cu clienții pe nume Karen (Naomi Watts) și, în ciuda poverilor emoționale și financiare pe care le are și ea de suportat, cei doi formează o conexiune neobișnuită. Cu ajutorul lui Karen și fiul ei Chris, Davis începe să reconstruiască, iar primul pas este demolarea trecutului.
Haunted by memories of his father murdering a family, Arlis Sweeney prefers to keep to himself, focusing his energy on his work. One day, the traumatic past that eats away at him returns when he meets Kay Davies, a woman connected to the bloody event. Against all odds, Arlis and Kay fall in love; however, when his father, Roy, reappears in his life -- with the coldhearted Ginnie in tow -- Arlis must deal with his past demons.
Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.
The 100-year story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, the inspiration for Starbucks, where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee together at communal tables. From the perspective of former customers, we watch a business climb to its peak success and then grapple with fast food in a forever changed America.
A struggling young couple stumbles upon a cache of dirty money after a shootout in their apartment building.
In a post-apocalyptic world all the people are eating junk foods. Except Trish. Trish is different.
A Looney Tunes parody of the iconic 1999 film The Matrix.
Psycho-mystery in which two men confront each other over the murder of a woman in Shibuya.
A stubborn English tourist visits a Norwegian hotel with a vending machine and a sign with the text "No Coke". Based on true events.
In a convenient world where vending machines offer just about everything, the hero procures whatever he needs from machines on his journey to see the creator. He tries to make a replacement purchase of the earth. But the creator declines his request, saying simply that there's no such thing as a brand new earth. The simplicity of the story illustrates the depths of Osamu Tezuka's despair at the earth's degradation, forming the gist of this 4-minute work.
A person performs routine tasks and relaxing activities to fight a troubling zeitgeist.
An elderly man makes a very bad diet choice at the vending machine.
The installation of a vending machine near a family's house causes some problems.