Generic Ensemble Company's The Future of Ismael

This stage adaptation of Siri Gurudev's novel creates a striking sci-fi society but never finds its beating heart

"...To me, a sci-fi narrative is only as strong as the humanity that's..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

My Scientology Movie

Another doc on L. Ron Hubbard's cash cow

"...of Scientology since the death of founder and schlock sci-fi author L. Ron Hubbard...."

March 31, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Institution Theater's It Came From Your Brain

This improvised retro sci-fi monster movie may pique your curiosity enough that you’ll want to visit the “drive-in” more than once

"...and Samantha Vine endeavor to improvise a full-length, Fifties-style, sci-fi thriller flick from beginning to end...."

Oct. 28, 2016 Arts Review

Uncle Kent 2

Meta-sequel to the Joe Swanberg film

"...So when still-adrift Osborne suggests a poorly conceived sci-fi follow-up to Swanberg, the director’s response is to politely..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

My Clone Sleeps Alone

"...Ultimate Collection. A tune that unknowingly fueled the Chronicle’s sci-fi issue this week as irrefutably as one of the..."

July 25, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Prospect

Lo-fi sci-fi drama is driven by performances and ingenuity

"...(the first from indie darlings Gunpowder & Sky's new sci-fi label Dust). Much like Moon, Prospect views the future..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Review: “I Want to Believe” at Martha’s

Sci-fi-themed exhibit showcases early career artists

"...to explore. This came down to one nebulous keyword: “sci-fi.” Intentionally vague, the curators chose the exhibition’s concept with..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Meher Qazilbash

The Ties That Bind in Things Will Be Different

Michael Felker’s temporal noir is all about friends and family

"...multitude of genres. It’s a thriller, a temporal mechanics sci-fi drama, and a noir. But at its heart it’s..."

March 8, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Landscape With Invisible Hand

Sci-fi meet-cute setup reveals a smart look at economic collapse

"...course there's more going on here than some mawkish sci-fi rom-com...."

Aug. 18, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Immaculate Room

Sci-fi claustrophobia drama with a couple stuck in a featureless space

"...Not reviewed at press time. Sci-fi claustrophobia drama with a couple stuck in a featureless..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Movie Review

Press Play

Sci-fi-tinged romance with a time traveling mixtape

"...Not reviewed at press time. Sci-fi-tinged romance with a time traveling mixtape...."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review

After Blue

French sci-fi weirdness finds a new Eden

"...(Boorman via Cocteau?) shot through a filter of Seventies sci-fi paperback covers, After Blue is the second proper feature..."

June 3, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

King Car

Dystopian Brazilian sci-fi flick is Herbie meets Marx

"...the whole technology as extension of the self. Brazilian sci-fi King Car posits a sentient automobile as harbinger of..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Worldbuilding With Science-Fiction Author Charlie Jane Anders

Signing for The City in the Middle of the Night at BookPeople

"...world of literature. That’s exactly what she got from sci-fi author Charlie Jane Anders in a Washington Post op-ed...."

Feb. 19, 2019 Arts Post by M. Brianna Stallings

Playback: Lost in the Silent City

Crowdsourced sci-fi, getting steamy with Black Pistol Fire, and a mighty storm of music

"...showing of Silent City II, billed as an "audience-propelled sci-fi audio play."..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Marjorie Prime

"...on Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Cymbeline.) Marjorie Prime has a sci-fi element to it, but the drama here is as..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Infinity Baby

Babies (young and old) who can't grow up

"...Infinity Baby’s sci-fi-themed premise posits that, in the near future, experiments with..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Dark Tower

Roland the Gunslinger hits the big screen

"...eagerly anticipated movie version of King’s now 9-volume, metaphysical horror/sci-fi/Western series – started at first as an experiment, by..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Untamed

Sex and body horror in the backwoods

"...instinct perhaps. In Mexican filmmaker Amat Escalante’s fourth feature, sci-fi horror The Untamed, it came straight outta outer space..."

July 28, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Luc Besson's latest is a kaleidoscopic mess

"...The wildly extravagant sci-fi fantasy Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets..."

July 21, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Colossal

Toxic masculinity melds with a monster movie

"...gonzification machine. If William S. Burroughs had made a sci-fi rom-com it might have looked something like this, and..."

April 14, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Other Worlds and Under Worlds With Bears Fonté

OWA founder adds horror, history, and food to the sci-fi fest

"...may seem grim, but the future, well, at least sci-fi holds out some hope for a better tomorrow. As..."

Nov. 29, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Says OMG!

Fest adds Israeli sci-fi comedy OMG, I'm a Robot?! and Dark Star

"...of serious ideas translated into a fantastical environment. But sci-fi film festival Other Worlds Austin has added two thick..."

Nov. 1, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Morgan

An AI experiment goes wrong in this forgettable genre exercise

"...from Blade Runner and, more recently, Ex Machina, the sci-fi thriller Morgan begins with the all-too-familiar premise of an..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Unlocking the Secrets of Prisoner X

Other Worlds Austin presents political paranoia thriller

"...as FDR said. When writer/director Gaurav Seth adapted post-9/11 sci-fi story “Truth” into his sci-fi thriller Prisoner X, he..."

June 21, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Warcraft

No fun storming the castle in this lousy adaptation of the hit video game

"...Duncan Jones, who helmed one of the most unique sci-fi outings in film history with 2009’s Moon, has now..."

June 10, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Case of Synchronicity

Director Jacob Gentry and star AJ Bowen reunite to rewrite history

"...time-travel drama Synchronicity, and he calls it "if a sci-fi film made love to a noir, and then their..."

Jan. 21, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

The Force awakens, and a franchise reboots

"...what it needs to be: an old-school Saturday afternoon sci-fi matinee writ big...."

Dec. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Victor Frankenstein

This version of the Frankenstein tale is told from Igor's perspective

"...to adapt or riff on Mary Shelley’s prescient 1818 sci-fi/horror novel. Happily, director Paul McGuigan, working from a script..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Martian

Circumstances force Matt Damon to become a wily Robinson Crusoe on Mars

"...the fall film season. True to Andy Weir’s bestselling sci-fi novel upon which it’s based (the book’s devotees salivate..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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