HARDWARE. Post-apocalyptic vision intertwined with the tradition of cyberpunk
Hardware is one manifestation of the imaginative combination of two subgenres of science fiction
GATTACA. An extraordinary science fiction film
Several factors speak to why Gattaca is such an incredibly good film in the context of the genre it represents.
GODZILLA. The Birth of a Pop Culture Icon
Godzilla is a pop culture phenomenon, built upon a foundation of dozens of films and a slightly smaller yet equally impressive base of books,...
PRIMER: Time Travel in a Hard Science Fiction Version
Exceptionally modest film that, in its time travel narrative, managed to maintain the scientific accuracy of the events depicted while simultaneously...
WHAT LIES BENEATH. Zemeckis winks at Hitchcock
What Lies Beneath uses music sparingly, trying to create the right mood through silence.
JOHNNY MNEMONIC. Quintessentially cyberpunk
Johnny Mnemonic is, for me, the quintessence of cyberpunk – as it strongly fetishizes technology, as implied by the “cyber,” and equally...
