Ex Machina (2014) explained: the empathy question
We worry computers will be the end of us. Ex Machina asks instead: what if they just want to be free?
the human mask
Looks human but isn’t – the performance of being human – stories that feature masks
the human mask
Looks human but isn’t – the performance of being human – stories that feature masks
Sayaka Murata’s Earthlings and the colour of survival
Making sense of Sayaka Murata’s controversial, disturbing dystopic fiction
Alien: Covenant (2017) explained – colonialism and creation
Deconstructing Covenant, the 2017 prequel to the Alien franchise
Ambiguity of existence: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? explained
Dissecting the real and fake in the book that inspired Blade Runner
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) at 30: this is a man’s world
A look back at groundbreaking – and very gory – cinema classic The Silence of the Lambs
Terminator 2 (1991) at 30: are we machine?
Unpacking the social and storyelling tensions at the heart of Terminator 2