-
Donate Bitcoin
13876bPmb1Dhxy9oKkJQQbwgKkvpSbntvQ
Recent Comments
Tag Archives: Science fiction
Saturday Matinee: Lessons of Darkness
By Martin Purvis Source: The Film Sufi Werner Herzog’s documentary films lie at an extreme distance from the Anglo-American tradition of documentary filmmaking. Part of that distance can be linked to the distinction between two fundamental stances towards the depiction of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Film, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged Cult Film, Documentary, Gulf War, Lessons of Darkness, Science fiction, Werner Herzog
Leave a comment
Saturday Matinee: Alphaville
GODARD’S SCI-FI/NOIR ALPHAVILLE’ IS WITTY AND SUBVERSIVE Alphaville‘s pulpy sci-fi plot acts as a warm coat of familiarity as Godard slyly subverts one genre trope after another. By Brian Holcomb Source: PopMatters In Oliver Stone’s The Doors (1992) Ray Manzarek (Kyle MacLachlan) … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Dystopia, Film, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged Alphaville, Anna Karina, Cult Film, Dystopia, Eddie Constantine, French Cinema, Jean-Luc Godard, Science fiction
Leave a comment
Saturday Matinee: A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly By Brian Eggert Source: Deep Focus Review Based on the acclaimed novel by Philip K. Dick, Richard Linklater’s 2006 film of A Scanner Darkly presents a cautionary tale on drugs, surveillance, and perception in a unique formal arrangement. Set … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Film, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged A Scanner Darkly, Cult Film, Philip K. Dick, PKD, Richard Linklater, Rory Cochrane, Science fiction
Leave a comment
Welcome to Philip K. Dick’s dystopia
Nothing is private and no one is free By David Samuels Source: UnHerd Philip K. Dick, whose novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? inspired the film Blade Runner, did not live to enjoy his Hollywood success. He died on March 2, 1982, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Authoritarianism, consciousness, culture, Dystopia, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged A Scanner Darkly, culture, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Dystopia, Jeremy Bentham, Philip K. Dick, PKD, psychology, Science fiction, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy, technology
Leave a comment
Saturday Matinee: Guidance
Guidance By Benjamin Franz Source: Film Threat This year I have started to explore a more cultural take on my favorite genre by experiencing China’s take on science fiction. Cixin Liu wrote a phenomenal trilogy, The Three-Body Problem, which will be adapted … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Film, Saturday Matinee, Technology, Video
Tagged Anders R. Fransson, Chinese Film, Francisco Chen, Guidance 2022, Harry Song, Jia Sun, Neysan Sobhani, Science fiction, Wang Pei Yu
Leave a comment
Dictatorship in Disguise: Authoritarian Monsters Wreak Havoc on Our Freedoms
By John & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “You see them on the street. You watch them on TV. You might even vote for one this fall. You think they’re people just like you. You’re wrong. Dead wrong.” — They Live We’re … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Film, media, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged civil liberties, culture, Dystopia, Escape from New York, fascism, film, Government, John Carpenter, police state, Science fiction, Slavoj Žižek, society, surveillance state, Technocracy, They Live
Leave a comment
Saturday Matinee: Annihilation
Movie review: Annihilation By Frank Kaminski Source: Resilience.org Annihilation Directed by Alex Garland; screenplay by Alex Garland; based on the novel Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer; cinematographed by Rob Hardy; edited by Barney Pilling; music by Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury; production design … Continue reading
Saturday Matinee: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes: The Most Violent and Bleak of the Franchise The fourth Apes movie, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, showcased Caesar’s controversial and timely fight for freedom. By Don Kaye Source: Den of … Continue reading
Desultory Heroics 