Jennifer Phang's Advantageous shows us a future that has recoiled from the prospect of aging.
Richard Lester's The Bed-Sitting Room (1969) and the Dream of London at the End of the World
In the early 1980's, director Carl Reiner and comedian Steve Martin collaborated on two films that challenged the laws of physics.
In Another Earth I found grace: a quiet meditation on self-forgiveness, on remaking oneself after trauma.
In which we say hello to science fiction & wish a fond farewell to one of our beloved editor
Super 8 understands that adults aren’t all that different from children; beneath the pretension and pragmatism, we want the same things: to be safe, to belong, to be loved.
In Danny Boyle's Sunshine the consequences of each new choice tumble forward like dominoes, resulting in a slow death march to the surface of the sun.
Midnight Special asks us to like worrying about the characters. There’s a tapestry of details missing, a logic inherently gone, but I cannot overemphasize enough how much that isn’t the point. It’s a fable. It’s a story. It’s a movie.
I have begun to suspect that boys who grew up with mothers like mine—or responsible grown men who have made their way through a world inhabited by mothers like mine—have started making movies reflective of that experience.
On Ridley Scott's Blade Runner
