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Mediawan’s Imagissime label and immersive-media pioneer Atlas V have teamed to produce “Paradoxes,” a surreal sci-fi comedy series blending live action and generative AI, starring…
Life is stressful, anxiety-inducing and often disappointing and there’s no one better than Vince Gilligan, the creator of “Breaking Bad” and co-creator of “Better Call Saul,” to remind…
While “Orion” is an ambitious indie space saga, its examination of human nature is decidedly earthbound. The film stars Andrew McCarthy as Jim, a NASA bigwig tasked with helping Apollo…
As both technology and audience preferences evolve, it's relatively easy for a science fiction show to become outdated, no matter how loved it is by its fanbase. There's always the…
A failing Chinese restaurant on a crusty space station orbiting Mars is an unlikely setting to chase one’s dreams, even in a dystopian future where Earth is no longer an option. But that’s…
When HBO announced it was adapting Watchmen, many weren’t sure what to expect. The original comic book by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons is widely considered one of the most influential…
What kind of movies do exceptional filmmakers like Paul Thomas Anderson watch? While you might expect that he enjoys films similar to his own (and perhaps he does), the director behind…
Doing more with less is kind of the Kate Barton MO. Her proprietary draping techniques make the most of sculptural drama with the least waste possible. She’s recently been translating that…
Black Mirroris a standout in the world of science fiction due to its collection of chilling tales, all focused on the ways technology can alter your life — usually for the worst. It really…
It often feels like the greatest sci-fi movies belong to the past. 2001: A Space Odyssey, Alien, The Thing, Back to the Future, and Jurassic Park all came out before the 2000s. Those films…
Utopai Studios has debuted as a Hollywood film and television studio, rebranding from Cybever, known for its 3D world creation and video generation. The company has partnered with sales…
Manifestbecame a streaming hit following its Netflix debut. A central mysterious plot that explores the ramifications of an otherworldly event that affects a handful of people is one of…
The grid is continuing to expand thanks to Disney with Tron: Ares this fall. While the first trailer that debuted in April offered a tantalizing look at the long-awaited sequel, the studio…
Science fiction and horror have become forces at the Emmys, with “The Penguin,” “The Last of Us,” “Andor,” “Severance,” “Paradise” and “What We Do in the Shadows” scoring nominations in…
Few genres in the history of cinema have wielded the influence and allure of science fiction. Able to be utilized as both a thematic analysis of the modern day that addresses trending…
The 1980s were one of the most entertaining and wild decades for the horror genre, brimming with films with beautifully outlandish premises and sporting unapologetically surreal…
From haunted neuroscientists to ghostly patriarchs and doomed mining towns, the 10 world premieres up for this year’s £50,000 ($67,000) Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence…
Estonia’s Vallo Toomla – whose debut “Pretenders,” penned by “Compartment No 9”’s Andris Feldmanis and Livia Ulman, wooed reviewers when it premiered at 2016’s San Sebastian – is due to…
Bob Odenkirk has had a long and interesting career. He started off as a sketch writer and wrote for Saturday Night Live for eight years, which naturally led to acting on the shows he wrote…
Iranian filmmaker Mehdi Fard Ghaderi, a regular at key international film festivals who broke out with “Immortality,” his single-take 2016 debut, will film in Spain his fourth feature,…
Eminent filmmaker Shekhar Kapur is venturing into uncharted territory with “Warlord,” a science fiction series created entirely through artificial intelligence. The project debuts its…
A cheerfully macabre comedy of misunderstandings, lies and delusion, “Terrestrial” teases with the promise of science-fiction — but it turns out the kind of fantasy at work here is less…
Perfectly constructed TV shows don’t come around regularly, and none is more meticulously assembled than Dark. Part-crime procedural, part-time travel drama, Dark transcends form and genre…
Every time I read about another advance in AI technology, I feel like another figment of science fiction moves closer to reality. Lately, I’ve been noticing eerie parallels to Neal…
