Film
The Flawed Allegory of Nope
Is watching Jordan Peele’s latest film nothing more than an exercise in decoding his message?
Science Fiction
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Jordan Peele’s Nope Is Funny, Intelligent, and Horrifying
It's another equally thrilling and smart ride from the rising director, subtly tackling intersecting ideas about “seeing” and “being seen” along the way.
Film
The Afrofuturist Musical Romance of Neptune Frost
Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman’s new film performs a radical intervention upon the science fiction genre.
Film
A Return to The Matrix Explores Binary Thinking
With The Matrix Resurrections, writer/director Lana Wachowski critically examines how our understanding of gender and identity has changed since the original trilogy.
Film
Yugoslavian Monuments Deliver a Message from Two Billion Years in the Future
The only film directed by composer Jóhann Jóhannsson before his death in 2018, Last and First Men is an eerie combination of sci-fi and documentary.
Film
Dune Is Impressive but Incomplete
The biggest problem with turning Dune into a film is that the book appears increasingly derivative of generic sci-fi tropes.
Film
A Mind-Controlling Assassin Starts to Lose Herself
Possessor is a gruesome, disturbing sci-fi thriller about identity.
Film
A Bleakly Funny Vision of the Future With Clones and Time Travel
The latest installment of indie animator Don Hertzfeldt's World of Tomorrow series expands its bleakly funny vision of the future.
Art
Cao Fei’s Science Fiction Fever Dreams
In Blueprints, Cao works primarily as an anthropologist of sorts, creating a space where the past and the future are not so easily demarcated.
Film
The Twists and Turns of the New Twilight Zone
While the series often falters, season two feels less self-conscious about its status in this iconic franchise, and more willing to simply be itself.
Film
The Twists and Turns of the New Twilight Zone
While the series often falters, season two feels less self-conscious about its status in this iconic franchise, and more willing to simply be itself.
Art
A POC-Centered Vision of NYC From NK Jemisin, Celebrated Sci-Fi Author
Jemisin will join comedian W. Kamau Bell for a discussion of sci-fi, Afrofuturism, and her most recent novel, which brings her unique brand of speculative fiction a little closer to earth.