Immense hype surrounded Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” in the weeks before its release: critics hailed it as (potentially) the first great space-travel epic since Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Nolan even hired theoretical physicist Kip Thorne as a consultant to make every detail as scientifically accurate as possible. Certainly, the research shows, but the science of “Interstellar,” while impressively mind-boggling, is second to Nolan’s exploration of the most selfless (and selfish) aspects of humanity.
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No time for ‘Matrix’ when busy with ‘eXistenZ’
by Zach Kluver, entertainment editor “eXistenZ” starts off with a presentation in what looks like a bit like a run-down abandoned church. The leader of the conference begins describing a new video game from an apparently famous game designer, Allegra Geller (Jennifer Jason Leigh). A very reserved person, she smiles […]
Independent film on Netflix thrills viewers
Read one staffer’s review of Exam, a surprisingly impressive 2009 independent British film with a compelling storyline.
