Film

We Are a Space People

If science fiction's aim is to estrange, does a Navajo rendering of the Star Wars universe make strange the strange? Can...
Lou Cornum
Dec 11, 2018 4 min read

Hollywood’s Digital Worlds Head Deeper Into the Uncanny Valley

Cinematic visual effects are currently in a Renaissance moment. But often this impressive technology is deployed not because it is narratively...
Morgan Leigh Davies
Nov 16, 2018 3 min read

When Space Films Are Just a Vehicle for Patriotism

Outer space has been a backdrop for Western man to define himself since Galileo, who claimed the Earth was of the...
Lou Cornum
Nov 13, 2018 4 min read

A Brief History of Ludicrous Sci-Fi Sports (and Their Chances of Becoming Reality)

From "The Prisoner" to "The Running Man," sci-fi writers can't help but try to invent weird new games.
Holly Gramazio & Sophie Sampson
Jul 18, 2016 8 min read