‘What can we say of Aristotle’s life? He was a philosopher. He was born. He thought. He died. All the rest is pure anecdote.” — Jacque Derrida Fast approaching a new language of documentary that ...

Common sense suggests that philosophy does not lend itself to cinematic spectacle, which may explain why few thinkers, dead or alive, have ever taken the leap to the silver screen -- until now.

To paraphrase Raymond Chandler, French philosopher Jacques Derrida is smart the way other people think they’re smart. And the great pleasure of “Derrida,” an absolutely first-rate documentary about ...

Jacques Derrida is very not dead. In fact, he’s a little too alive, basking in the attention of young female groupies, scrambling for his keys, checking out his library archive and standing in front ...