The End of Romance is a relatable dystopia that amplifies humanity’s burning problems – but offers a glint of hope
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Frank Capra’s dark vision of corruption and greed highlights both the dangers of concentrated power and the quiet effectiveness of collective action.
Vince Gilligan, who also made Breaking Bad, says he didn’t intend to make Plur1bus ahout AI – yet the links are undeniable.
A journalist’s account of living with a movement disorder is a tale of leaping into the unknown.
100 years in the future, 40-year-old Esther is the first of 47 sleepers to be ‘woken’ from cryogenic suspended animation in an underground bunker. Where are her children?
As the journalism industry continues to crater, wealthy plutocrats are consolidating their control over information systems.
While AI now allows us to erase accents, is this really a good idea? Besides, who doesn’t have an accent?
Our tendency to view machines as people and become attached to them points to real risks of psychological entanglement with AI technology.
Writers seem to be especially vulnerable in polarized times, when the nuances of works are more likely to be overlooked.
Margaret Atwood’s new fireproof copy of The Handmaid’s Tale protests book banning – and burning. The Venn diagram of those who burn books and those who read them is typically two separate circles.
Putin often uses words to mean exactly the opposite of what they normally do – a practice diagnosed by political author George Orwell as ‘doublespeak,’ or the language of totalitarians.
To be meta about Meta would involve reflecting upon the fact that Facebook is a company that designs technology around people.
Myths of Canada’s moral superiority in contrast to the United States can be a barrier to acknowledging and addressing racism in Canada.
Two TV show have hit our screens coincidentally during the pandemic: dystopian thriller Y: The Last Man and black comedy Creamerie — both theorising a world entirely without men.
Dead cities are enduring images in post-apocalyptic literature and cinema.
With the third national lockdown under way, how can E.M. Forster’s neglected masterpiece help us survive the next few months?
Mexican philosophers have a word for the peculiar anxiety you may be feeling: ‘zozobra,’ a dizziness that arises from social disintegration.
The eerie San Francisco skyline evoked sci-fi movies for a reason. Filmmakers are increasingly using color grading to tinge their films with two hues, orange and teal, to unsettle viewers.
From VR music festivals to immersive meeting spaces, headsets are go.
In the current health crisis, authorities use our need for security and private firms our desire for entertainment to encourage us to give up our civil rights.
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Senior Lecturer in Film and Media Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University
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James Martin Research Fellow, Future of Humanity Institute & Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
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