Blank review – author held hostage by AI as near-future thriller enters Misery territory
There’s some inspired direction as Misery meets Ex Machina in this sci-fi psychological thriller
8 Found Dead review – corpse-strewn property horror finds the hell in holiday rental
Double booking is the least of the worries awaiting the vacationers arriving at this desert home
SXSW Sydney explained: how will the Austin festival work in Australia – and who is it for?
The music, screen and tech worlds will converge for the festival’s first staging outside the US – but tickets are pricey for an event that’s hard to get a handle on
BlackBerry review – smartphone ‘buy-opic’ is a wild ride
Matt Johnson’s boisterous drama about the rise and fall of the mobile diverges refreshingly from the usual arc of product success stories
Blackberry review – souped-up account of the rise and fall of ‘Crackberry’
Hilarity and pathos intertwine in this likable comedy as the smartphone creators go loopy with wealth – and slack-jawed when the iPhone spoils the party
Mean Girls in 23 parts: the rise of movies and shows watched on TikTok
Paramount’s release of the popular film in small clips reflects a rising trend of people watching movies on the platform
The Creator review – a truly original man-v-machine sci-fi spectacular
This visually striking action thriller from Monsters director Gareth Edwards, which takes a sympathetic view of artificial intelligence, is a world-building triumph
The Creator review – vast and exhilarating sci-fi actioner rages against the AI machine
Director Gareth Edwards draws together the many strands of our current AI debate with tremendous boldness, conjuring up an intriguing and stimulating spectacle
Dan Gardner wanted to know when to go to the loo during films – so he built an app
The developer of RunPee, the app that tells cinemagoers the best time to take a loo break, on what makes a good ‘peetime’ and how the program helped him meet his wife
Indian actor Anil Kapoor wins court battle over AI use of his likeness
The actor can now send an injunction if his image or voice is used in gifs and deepfakes as well as for unauthorised merchandise
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Rage against the machine? Why AI may not mean the death of film
Generative technology is Hollywood’s current arch nemesis, but as exhibitors on Venice film festival’s ‘immersive island’ will tell you, AI, VR and XR could lead to a brighter future
Venice’s brave new world: my cosmic trip to Immersion Island and back
On the Lazzaretto Vecchio, the small island home of Venice film festival’s Immersive section, I donned an XR headset and boldly went where most festivalgoers don’t
No More Bets review – Chinese Wolf of Wall Street aims to teach moral lesson
With its exposé of digital scammers, fraud farms and gangmasters, Ao Shen’s thriller is inventive and snappily directed. A shame, then, that it morphs into a public health warning
Billion Dollar Heist review – cybercrime documentary relives tech chaos
A hit-and-miss documentary often struggles to explain the hows and whys of the Bangladesh Central Bank cyber heist of 2016