I can understand that stance, but I think the image of Ford standing at the glass is important in parallel to the image of K laying out across the steps. K finds his humanity in making a meaningful choice that runs counter to the interests of Wallace Corp., the resistance, and his own duties as a blade runner. And…

It’s a good point, about ‘Interstellar,’ and I think you’re right; Nolan had earned enough audience goodwill with his Batman trilogy that they were up for cerebral films like ‘Inception’ and ‘Interstellar.’ Villeneuve is one of my favorite contemporary filmmakers, but he certainly doesn’t have that kind of cache yet,…

Interesting. “Workman-like” is the exact opposite of how I would describe this film. If anything, one could criticize ‘Blade Runner 2049' for trying TOO hard as it reaches for the sublime.

YES. It was such a wonderful inversion of your standard hero’s journey/bildungsroman tropes.

Well played.

Agreed. I likewise don’t buy the notion that a three-hour film represents some kind of inconvenience when compared to a film an hour shorter, as if that extra length really makes all the difference in one’s day, as if one wouldn’t spend that extra time fucking about on one’s phone unproductively. Titanic, or the Lord…

Then the article’s final point about intermission is well-taken. It’s not necessarily the worst idea in the world. But perhaps I’m just different than the average movie-goer, in that I don’t drink soda at the movies (or beer, as is becoming increasingly commonplace). I usually get a small cup of water, and maybe a…

I thought ‘Blade Runner 2049' was marvelous. I really did. There were flaws, of course. It’s not a perfect film by any stretch of the imagination, but neither is the first ‘Blade Runner,’ and that remains my favorite film of all time. As an audience member, I do not require that a film achieves perfection in order for…

In an era of television binge-watching, I find it so odd that audiences would prefer not to grapple with lengthy works of film.

Just got out of an IMAX showing of Blade Runner 2049. I thought it was fucking magnificent. In this moment, I haven’t much else to say, except that my wife and I literally wanted to sneak into the next showing immediately after exiting the theater. I don’t think I’ve ever wanted so badly for a film to exceed my…

I’m stoked to see that El-P and Gary Numan were both interviewed for this piece. They are absolutely essential in discussions of Blade Runner’s influence on electronic music. I would also offer that Kuedo’s ‘Severant’ and ‘Slow Knife’ (album cover pictured in my avatar) are required-listening for fans of Vangelis’…

Weed may, indeed, be the answer. ;)

What a delightful little video. I’ve watched a number of interviews with Ford/Gosling on the Blade Runner 2049 press tour, and they’ve got a wonderfully easy, dry chemistry.

Like many, I find the omission of Ex Machina and Dark City to be rather glaring, from as objective a standpoint as I can muster. It doesn’t even seem like editorial choice to me; it’s almost like the editors forgot about these movies altogether, because how could you leave them off this list otherwise?!

Reading back over my post, I realize that it may seem as if I think concerns of story and character are unimportant in film. I don’t happen to think that at all. I of course love many films with compelling, well-written stories and compelling, well-drawn characters. I’m just not sure that story and character should…

So much of ‘Blade Runner’ is atmosphere and texture. ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?’ builds its world out thematically and philosophically, while the film builds its world out visually and tonally. From the production design to the lighting to the pacing to the score, ‘Blade Runner’ is a marvel of aesthetic…

Alex Garland has such a wonderful imagination for visual presentation. I went into Ex Machina with no expectations, and was surprised to find a tight, compact, hypnotically-paced thriller with the most striking use of visual effects I’ve seen in some time.

Kuedo also contributed to the score for this short. He’s perhaps my favorite electronic artist (that’s his most recent album cover in my avatar), and he’s deeply inspired by Blade Runner’s impact on music and sound design.

Obviously, anecdotal evidence means fuck-all, but I know an alarming number of individuals in my life who voted for Donald Trump because they aren't personally invested in politics and "thought it would be funny." All of them are white, of course, and privileged enough to be financially-insulated from the kinds of…

On the campaign trail, candidate Donald Trump asked African Americans what they had to lose by voting for him. That question was answered rather definitively today when he, the President of the United States of America, failed to condemn white supremacist violence during a turbulent moment for race relations in our…