It's been said before, but it's worth saying again: Stanley Kubrick was way ahead of his time. Upon a recent viewing of "2001: A Space Odyssey," we...
The iconic ending to the film "2001: A Space Odyssey" is meant to raise a lot of questions. Questions like, what happens to that bone that gets thrown...
We can hope our favorite movie will come away with the big prize, but in the long run, some of the best pictures ever made did not receive Best Picture Oscars.
While The Master, like 2001, has meditative and metaphysical leanings -- areas that tend to unnerve audiences -- it was greeted, unlike 2001, by many rapturous reviews describing its wondrous surprises and consummate craftsmanship.
NEW YORK — The science fiction of Arthur C. Clarke has finally reached the next dimension in the U.S. – e-books. The late author's estat...
The exhibition has been making the worldwide rounds, from Rome to Melbourne to Hollywood, and the show is always a variation on a theme (for the most part) with the brother and sister involved every step of the way.
If Kubrick is a "legendary filmmaker," what exactly is his legend? Glad you asked.
TOP 5 FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 1. Mini-Golf At National Building Museum Take advantage of your day off by hitting the mini-links inside the museum....
This question originally appeared on Quora. By Jason Thibodeau, Software developer, science geek I can understand someone not liking it. I think I...
Let us be aware that we are the limiting factor, and the more we blindly rely on technology without any sense of human need and limitation, the more it will run amok.
While being able to create a black hole, or recreate the Big Bang with the Hadron Collider sounds like super fun experiments, what if we're really able to create a black hole in an underground laboratory in Switzerland?
We try not to ask much of you, dear readers, but if you've never taken our movie-going advice before, do this much: see Beasts of the Southern Wild, t...
When the parties have been seated, the food has been served, and the time-honored tradition of "dinner conversation" has commenced, the pinging of incoming texts and the private giggles and mad key tapping in response are not remotely what "dinner conversation" had in mind.
What is missing is a sales pitch -- like the arms race but ideally less grim -- that made possible the Apollo program. Time will tell when and how the 2001 vision will be realized, and if it will be human or robotic. In the meantime, we all can dream.
In anticipation of 12/21/12, this past year saw a return of the doomsday film. Melancholia was an okay end-of-the-world movie, but for this fan, it was not a very good Lars Von Trier film. Perhaps a third viewing is in order.
Why should Facebook be limited to those with human faces? It's possible we'll soon see "Interface-book," where our robots will also stay up late making friends and exchanging data.
A pair of new films this week offers a critique of capitalism sure to gladden the heart of any Occupy Wall Street protester, but they offer simple solutions to a very complex problem.
By Don Clark of the Wall Street Journal. If something about Apple's iPad had a back-to-the-future vibe to it, court documents by Samsung assert one...
Whether you support and love this president or loathe him and want him impeached, the decision to defund NASA is stupid, short-sighted and selfish.
For years, novels and movies have warned us about the ominous future that we face. In fact, film may be the best representation of what we now face as a society that is fulfilling Orwell's prophecy.
Last week I saw Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life. Then I saw Lady Gaga on SNL. And I had the same reaction to both: Why are there so many people out there willing to declare this stuff great art?
To watch a Stanley Kubrick film like '2001: A Space Odyssey' or 'Dr. Strangelove' is to enter a veritable museum of pioneering set design and visual e...
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, narrator Nick Carraway remarks, "You can't repeat the past." To which Jay Gatsby replied, "You can't repeat the past? Why of course, you can."
Today marks the anniversary of the death of legendary American film director Stanley Kubrick who died March 7, 1999 from natural causes, he was 70. ...
Will robotics strip the potential for creating art from artificial intelligence? Although Plug and Pray has some genuinely creepy moments, it's a film that is definitely worth your attention.
