We all process loss in our own way, and each one of us has a unique approach to working through certain complex emotions, especially when it deals with something as unfathomable as the death of a child. As many have observed, there are words for someone who loses a spouse or their parents, but none…
Category: science fiction
In the Blink of an Eye (2026)
We are all connected in some way or another – this isn’t just the malarkey we find scattered across motivational social media pages and adorning tacky decorations in your local craft store, but a legitimate fact. While we may be a planet of over eight billion people (and that’s not even accounting for double that…
Disclosure Day (2026)
Once you have been working in the film industry for over half a century, becoming one of the profitable and acclaimed filmmakers to emerge from the New Hollywood movement, you are handed a blank cheque from which many fantastic films can be produced. There are not many filmmakers who are so indelible in the cultural…
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (2026)
It is always wonderful to see a filmmaker receive their dues, and there’s a specific satisfaction that comes when it happens to someone who has been doing solid work for years but has not received as much admiration as they deserve. A few years ago, there was a steadily growing sentiment that Gore Verbinski was…
eXistenZ (1999)
There are few artists whose minds I’d love to enter and just explore for a couple of horrors more than David Cronenberg, who has built an entire career out of being a beloved menace to the art of filmmaking, a medium that he has both celebrated and dismantled with his unique and offbeat approach to…
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (2026)
The concept of travelling in time to meet yourself (whether past or future) is an enticing concept, and one that has become the foundation of one of the most endearing and compelling sub-genres in science fiction. The subject has always been so captivating based on the fact that it exists at the perfect intersection between…
The Wasp Woman (1959)
When the history of cinema has been set in stone, and it comes to choosing the people who had the most substantial input on the medium, there are going to be various names floated as the defining filmmakers of their generation, with additional credit being given to those who transcended generational boundaries and made an…
Simon (1980)
The more one observes the rise of scientific research and technological innovation, the further we begin to understand that not everything done in the name of science is supposed to better humanity or serve some enormously admirable purpose – sometimes, it’s just a matter of doing so to see if it can be done, and…
Dune (1984)
There are few literary works that inspire as divisive a reaction, while still attaining some degree of radical popularity, more than Frank Herbert’s masterpiece Dune – and even those who find themselves entirely critical of his universe-spanning futuristic fable have to admit the influence of his writing on contemporary science fiction. As a cornerstone work…
The Shrouds (2025)
As one gets older, they begin to realise that grief is a subject that is simply unavoidable when it comes to art. It has always been present, and very few artists hide their intentions when crafting works in response to some enormous loss. We’ve extensively discussed the various forms that it takes when it comes…
The Postmodern Pelican 