Category Archives: movies

Celebrate the New Year with a happy Public Domain Day!

Happy New Year, everyone!  Welcome aboard, 2025! And what better way to celebrate the new year then to recognize a whole slew of cultural objects just entered the public domain?  Yes, books, movies, and more from 1929 (and audio recordings … Continue reading →

Posted in copyright, economics, literature, movies, politics, storytelling, technology | 1 Comment

Watching _Civil War_: impressions and disappointment

We just saw the new movie Civil War. Afterwards the audience filed out in silence, perhaps stunned.  Our group talked about it energetically, then hit the internet for more, and hence this post. This post also assumed you’ve seen the … Continue reading →

Posted in movies, sf | 2 Comments

Essential Films for Technology and the Future 101: a syllabus

What are the best movies for thinking through the future and technology? This topic came up on Twitter after I realized a disturbing number of my students had seen neither 2001: A Space Odyssey nor Soylent Green.  After some expressions … Continue reading →

Posted in movies, teaching | 28 Comments