Artificial intelligence maybe as simple as (or as complex and intricate as) passing along information to and through. If we strip it down to the basics, machines are made as vessels to store information, and make it accessible whenever required. Machines are also programmed in such a way so as …
Read More »Scientists develop brain in a supercomputer
Can we prototype a human brain? The answer is yes! Neo-cortex, as we know it, has been the final upgrade by the Universe for the technology called ‘brain’. This has been the ultimate upgrade, responsible for social interactions & other complex cognitive functions. Now what if we can replicate or prototype …
Read More »Acting Reality
Thrown onto this stage, The seemingly endless play of life, Unknown to most of us. We are the ignorant cast. There are those who control, The invisible strings on our backs, The masters plotting our every move, Driving us back and forth like machines. Then there are those …
Read More »In Cinemas Now #1: Why ‘Inside Out’ should explode your head
Inside Out (2015) IMDB 8.8 Rotten Tomatoes 98% Metacritic 93% It all begins with, “Do you ever look at someone and wonder what is going on inside their head?” Well, after a PIXAR-short titled ‘LAVA’ that is, which by the way was wonderful – watch a preview here. Getting back …
Read More »Movies with Spiritual Undertones: Part-1
Movies are one of the most influential mediums through which people all over the world are trying to put across messages and hints that point towards the truth; the unspoken paradigm which exists around us and within us, which we are the creators of. In layman terms (lot of “laymen” …
Read More »Coraline says we’ve all been programmed!
Coraline (2009) 100 min | Animation, Fantasy IMDb: 7.7, Rotten Tomatoes: 90% “Not just a children’s movie, Coraline goes beyond to subtly raise important questions for adults as well. Let us analyze it in an offbeat context of how everyone is being constantly programmed & how setting free is yet another …
Read More »The Understated Brilliance of Hugo Weaving
You might not know him by name, but you definitely know this fine actor. Here’s a clue: More nerdy enthusiasts might immediately recall his portrayal of ‘Lord Elrond’ as well, in the ‘The Lord of the ‘Rings’ franchise: Or you might even have spotted him as the ‘Red Skull’ in …
Read More »Exploring World Cinema #1: Themroc
Themroc (1973) | France IMDb: 7.2 Director: Claude Faraldo 100 min | Comedy “A roller coaster ride in to examining human sexism, sexuality, modernism, exploitation, abuse of power, banal rat-race & other cultural/societal limitations which restrict our experiences.” Themroc is an unbelievable film. Firstly, it has no language, and secondly, …
Read More »Digging Cinema Fossils #1: A Page of Madness
A Page of Madness (1926) Kurutta Ippêji IMDb: 7.7 Teinosuke Kinugasa 70 min | Drama, Horror | Japan “A film that must have been an excellent, visionary one in its entirety, but in its incomplete and wordless mystery, it becomes a challenging enigma.” To begin with, this is …
Read More »Dissecting Experimental Cinema #1: Run Lola Run
Run Lola Run (1998), Rotten Tomatoes – 93%; IMDb – 7.8/10 Director: Tom Tykwer Chapter 1: Background Run Lola Run is a German movie released in 1998. The movie is essentially a 20-minute sequence in the life of the protagonist ‘Lola’. Lola receives a call from his boyfriend Manni who …
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