A Scanner Darkly

As the title implies, there’s a certain opacity to A Scanner Darkly's cautionary drug tale, but at times Richard Linklater's film can be as naked as the lunch on the end of your fork.

"...Directed by: Richard Linklater. Starring: Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Winona..."

July 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Total Recall

This Total Recall is fast, furious, and frequently fun, but it lacks the snappy, weirdo vibe of its predecessor.

"...Directed by: Len Wiseman. Starring: Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Bokeem Woodbine, Bryan Cranston, Jessica Biel, Bill Nighy..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Minority Report

"...Directed by: Steven Spielberg. Starring: Patrick Kilpatrick, Neal McDonough, Samantha Morton, Lois Smith, Kathryn Morris, Colin..."

June 21, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Impostor

"...Starring: Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe, Vincent D'Onofrio, Tim Guinnee, Mekhi Phifer, Tony Shalhoub, Shane Brolly, Jack Truman and Rachel..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Birth of the Dragon

Bruce Lee: the early years

"...Directed by: George Nolfi. Starring: Philip Ng, Billy Magnussen, Yu Xia, Terry Chen, Jingjing Qu..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Adjustment Bureau

Based on a Philip K. Dick story, this multilayered romantic thriller stars Matt Damon and Emily Blunt.

"...Nolfi. Starring: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Terence Stamp, Anthony Mackie and John Slattery. Is it fate, coincidence, or a..."

March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Visually stunning sequel to the cult 1995 anime.

"...stunning sequel to the cult 1995 animé. Set in Tokyo in 2032, Innocence has all of the trappings of..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blade Runner 2049

This visually lush sequel was worth the wait.

"...de Armas, Robin Wright, Dave Bautista, Jared Leto and Mackenzie Davis...."

Oct. 6, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Do Androids Dream of a Screening This Cool?

Blade Runner 2049 at the Alamo makes a Golden Hornet buzz

"...You begin to see the connections, maybe you eventually..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Wonder Stories

My fascination with Dick and chubbies

"...was already a year ago. The one that still looked forward (Prince's 1999) happened a year before that...."

July 25, 2008 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Your Weekend in Film

Partner up to switch things up

"...as all the new releases landing in theatres this weekend will prove. Of note is the return to writer..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Securing the Substance

Richard Linklater on his adaptation of A Scanner Darkly

"...Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly is so trippily in touch with..."

July 7, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Scanner, Before and After

An interview with producer Tommy Pallotta and animators Jason Archer and Paul Beck

"...in the context of the times we live in, Philip K. Dick's novel A Scanner Darkly, first published in..."

July 7, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Sanctuary in the Past

In The Whispering Swarm, Michael Moorcock confronts ghosts – history's and his own – in a secret area of London

"...helped launched the careers of Harlan Ellison, J.G. Ballard, Philip K. Dick, and other members of science fiction's so-called..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Michael Berry

Dream Job

Inside the production of Richard Linklater's 'A Scanner Darkly'

"...Richard Linklater's Detour FilmProduction is a hive of activity these days,..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Of Course, Music Is Never Your Sole Identity

But even what brings the music to you can be a part of it

"...There’s a small rack of music CDs sitting behind..."

Oct. 5, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

'The Cartoon Utopia'

Regé's drawings vibrate with a vision of life seen through a scanner brightly

"...Domy Books, 913 E. Cesar Chavez, 476-3669..."

July 16, 2010 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Paycheck

Affleck and Uma race to descramble the past in this futuristic thriller based on a Philip K. Dick short story and directed by John Woo.

"...Directed by: John Woo. Starring: Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman, Paul Giamatti, Colm Feore, Joe..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ready Player One

Video gaming and Eighties culture get the Spielberg treatment

"...Directed by: Steven Spielberg. Starring: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Letitia Wright, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, Mark Rylance, T.J...."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Totally Total Providence

Animator Paul Beck presents A Scanner Darkly at Alamo Drafthouse Mueller

"...In the decade-and-change since its release, A Scanner Darkly has shifted in the critical consciousness from an admirable..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

A Glitch in the Matrix

What do the people who believe we live in a simulation really believe?

"...are nestled. He does not critique or analyze: instead, like an ethnographic sociologist, he observes. That approach can be..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

It's Gonna Get Pitch Black at Other Worlds

David Twohy named this year's Defender of the Universe

"...Battlestar Galactica director Alan J. Levi. Wrath of Khan mastermind Nicholas Meyer. The Black Hole explorer Gary Nelson...."

Nov. 17, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Time Trap

Time-bending thriller needed more, well, time

"...Directed by: Mark Dennis and Ben Foster. Starring: Andrew..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Nacho Vigalondo on Colossal

Combining the mediocre and cosmic with the creature feature director

"...Vigalondo. Last night he'd been at the Fantastic Fest Karaoke Apocalypse, but the Spanish director had bailed early. "Two..."

April 14, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

2016 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation

Watch and prepare for your Oscar pool

"...(which screened in theatres before The Good Dinosaur) is kaleidoscopically spectacular, a riot of candy-colored hues and anime-influenced imagery..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cracking the Nightmare Code

Director Mark Netter on his new techno-horror

"...The great science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke once wrote, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from..."

Sept. 16, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Is Here To Bash Your Brains In

Shock, schlock, and awe at America's premier genre fest

"...through my bathroom door with a fire axe. The joke's on him – it's a sliding door, sucka! –..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

X-Ray Visions

Deep in the fifth dimension, Mark Ryan's Mind Spiders are cutting demos with Buddy Holly

"...a little out of tune, but the album didn't make the Earth stand still or anything. Months later, "Pinhead"..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Future’s So Dark I Gotta Wear Mirror-Shades

On cyberpunk

"...With apologies to Charles Dickens and Marley's money-boxed ghost, cyberpunk is dead to begin..."

July 25, 2008 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Five Science-Fiction Authors to Scan Darkly

ST 37 captain Scott Telles pulls five notables off the SF bookshelf.

"...Move on to: Super-Cannes: A Novel. Philip K. Dick..."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by S.L. Telles

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