Articles
This section is a space for film writing that hasn't been published by other outlets. The subject is not always science fiction, but most of the time about the relationship between film and technology.
![Still from the movie Crimes of the Future](/img/articles/crimes-of-the-future-is-more-carnality-than-carnage-700px.jpg)
May 24, 2022
Review: Crimes of the Future is more carnality than carnage
Crimes of the Future is David Cronenberg’s long-awaited return to science fiction and shows a world where the art of pleasure and the pleasure of art are essential.
![Still from the movie Night Raiders](/img/articles/interview-danis-goulet-about-dystopian-sci-fi-colonialism-and-her-indigenous-vision-for-night-raiders-700px.jpg)
Nov 12, 2021
Interview: Danis Goulet about dystopian sci-fi, colonialism, and her Indigenous vision for Night Raiders
Danis Goulet’s feature debut Night Raiders paints a picture that Indigenous communities are all too familiar with.
![Still from the movie Dune](/img/articles/dune-is-a-theatrical-vibe-for-the-ages-and-thats-a-problem-700px.jpg)
Sep 14, 2021
Review: Dune is a theatrical vibe for the ages, and that’s a problem
Dune is one of the most breathtaking cinematic science fiction experiences of the past decade, but it’s unclear what else it brings.
![Still from the movie Synapse](/img/articles/interview-kenlon-clark-about-his-independent-feature-debut-synapse-700px.jpg)
Sep 7, 2021
Interview: Kenlon Clark about his independent feature debut Synapse
Kenlon Clark discusses memory tech, Philip K. Dick, and how to produce a near-future sci-fi movie.
![Still from the movie Reminiscence](/img/articles/reminiscence-blends-familiar-neo-noir-with-inventive-futurisms-700px.jpg)
Aug 19, 2021
Review: Reminiscence blends familiar neo-noir with inventive futurisms
Lisa Joy’s Reminiscence uses its technological vision as far more than a gimmick to build a narrative at the intersection of two genres.
![Still from the movie Settlers](/img/articles/the-martian-western-thriller-settlers-is-well-made-but-opaque-700px.jpg)
Jul 23, 2021
Review: The Martian Western thriller Settlers is well-made but opaque
Wyatt Rockefeller’s Martian survival thriller Settlers is an ambitious and well-made debut but reveals too little to fully engage.
![Still from the movie Awake](/img/articles/awake-could-have-been-so-much-more-700px.jpg)
Jun 9, 2021
Review: Awake could have been so much more
Mark Raso’s Awake has many interesting ideas and potential plotlines, but too few of them are explored to satisfaction.
![Still from the movie Oxygen](/img/articles/oxygen-offers-expertly-crafted-single-space-suspense-700px.jpg)
May 12, 2021
Review: Oxygen offers expertly crafted single‑space suspense
The revelations keep coming until the very end in Alexandre Aja’s claustrophobic and surprisingly transhumanist sci‑fi mystery Oxygen.
![Still from the movie Stowaway](/img/articles/stowaway-is-mesmerising-but-leaves-one-big-question-unanswered-700px.jpg)
Apr 22, 2021
Review: Stowaway is mesmerising but leaves one big question unanswered
Joe Penna’s sci-fi survival drama Stowaway is an intimate and captivating study of cosmic remoteness and the meaning of sacrifice.
![Still from the movie Voyagers](/img/articles/what-voyagers-teaches-us-about-societal-control-700px.jpg)
Apr 9, 2021
Review: What Voyagers teaches us about societal control
Fear and impulse undermine humanity’s chances at survival in Neil Burger’s space epic Voyagers, a story about the dangers of confining the mind and the illusion of control.
![Still from the movie Infinitum: Subject Unknown](/img/articles/infinitum-subject-unknown-a-sinister-take-on-many-worlds-quantum-mechanics-700px.jpg)
Mar 22, 2021
Review: Infinitum: Subject Unknown – a sinister take on many-worlds quantum mechanics
Infinitum: Subject Unknown weaves a story-driven, imaginative quantum mystery from equal parts escape rooms and time loops.
![Still from the movie The Wanting Mare](/img/articles/the-wanting-mare-700px.jpg)
Feb 3, 2021
Review: The far-reaching world of The Wanting Mare
The equine fantasy tale The Wanting Mare, the first feature by Nicholas Ashe Bateman, aims for the immense and boundless.
![Advertisement for Scent of Mystery](/img/articles/scent-of-mystery-700px.jpg)
Jan 25, 2021
Say it with a scent – a brief history of fragrant cinema
From rose water to scratch cards, follow along for the story of how the film industry tried and failed at making scented cinema a thing.
![Blade Runner cityscape](/img/articles/blade-runner-cityscape.gif)
Jan 17, 2021
Meeting your maker – cyborghood, existentialism and gender in Blade Runner
An exploration of robotic identity in Blade Runner based on my master’s thesis on cyborgs in film and television.
![Miles and Madeline in a computer shop](/img/articles/electric-dreams-computer-shop-700px.jpg)
Jan 9, 2021
Machine lust and mindsets in Electric Dreams
Stemming from the tech-enthusiasm of Electric Dreams (1984), the intersection of modern technology and its disintegration is examined by free association.
![Frame 310 of the Zapruder film](/img/articles/zapruder-frame-310.jpg)
Jan 1, 2021
Chasing an instant of death
Regarding “natural” and “unnatural” deaths on film, a short analysis of what we might find between the frames.