Cyberpunk

"...this inane, dated, and ultimately boring exploration of the cyberpunk world. Director Trench seems to think cobbling together talking..."

April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Capitalism, Weaponized: Sun Tzu Gets Cyberpunk'd

The new graphic novel from Harper Collins makes us all antsy.

Aug. 27, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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 with. There is no doubt..."

July 25, 2008 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Steamboy

Japanese anime director Katsuhiro Ôtomo, best known for Akira, here delivers a dazzlingly straightforward rush that thrusts its protagonist into astonishing action set-piece after set-piece.

"...is his most personal, and most personable, film. The cyberpunk dystopia of Akira, with its roving gangs of 5,000cc..."

March 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

9

9 is a beautifully and imaginatively animated fable, whose vague story about social cooperation is not equal to its visual grandeur.

"...societal cooperation and the virtues of steampunk stitchery over cyberpunk soldering. Or maybe not. It's hard to tell what..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Push

This sci-fi actioner about warring clairvoyants is generically incomprehensible with cyberpunk overtones.

"...agency.) Push, a generically incomprehensible paranoid action disaster with cyberpunk overtones, is like X-Men unhinged, minus Professor Xavier's (or..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

How Soon Is Now?

William Gibson talks about the short shelf life of cyberpunk.

"...William Gibson, the godfather of cyberpunk, knows virtual reality. His books have influenced writers and..."

June 6, 2008 Books Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Tree of Palme

It's the Pinocchio story filtered through the prism of cyberpunk animé.

"...on the Pinocchio story filtered through the prism of cyberpunk animé, Nakamura’s A Tree of Palme is a heady,..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Code 46

Cyberpunk meets renegade romance, à la Orwell.

"...the U.S., may be one of the most perfect cyberpunk films ever made. It’s certainly the most interesting, merging..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Visually stunning sequel to the cult 1995 anime.

"...2032, Innocence has all of the trappings of its quasi-cyberpunk genre – robots, a teeming metropolis seemingly on the..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Matrix

A blend of pop psychology, cyberpunk lore, and stunning visuals.

"...right. Cobbled together out of bits of pop psychology, cyberpunk lore, and what feels like those old late-night bull..."

April 2, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ghost in the Shell

"...Shell is a slick but plodding recycling of tired cyberpunk clichés that adds nothing new to the genre. The..."

March 22, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Johnny Mnemonic

William Gibson wrote this screenplay from his short story about the perils of cyberspace in the 21st century.

"...information overload in his head. Fans of Gibson's grim cyberpunk writings will no doubt flock to the film in..."

June 2, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ghost in the Machine

"...just to name two) to cobble together a low-rent cyberpunk horror flick that might have been more aptly titled..."

Dec. 31, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chain of Desire

"...a cross between a 1930s Berlin cabaret and a cyberpunk/clubkids disco. Alma has just ended a relationship with her..."

July 30, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Wax, Or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees

"...this new cult favorite combines elements of science fiction, cyberpunk aesthetics, post-industrial moral metaphors, Burroughsian cut-ups technique and post-modern..."

July 16, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Review: Upgrade

Cyberpunk action thriller has a few hidden features

"...AI before AI was a thing. But what, asks cyberpunk action-thriller Upgrade, if it's the human mind that's the..."

March 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Old Friends/Bookends

Sex, drugs, and rock & roll. And books.

"...The science-fiction genre was undergoing a renaissance with cyberpunk, and Dorsett was also involved in the printing of..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Electric Church

In his debut novel, Jeff Somers attempts to create a 21st century cyberpunk novel

"...In 1984, William Gibson's Neuromancer ushered in the cyberpunk era. Both a product of the Eighties and a..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Books Review by Rick Klaw

Cyberculture Evolution

From Zines to Zen With R.U. Sirius and Jon Lebkowsky

"...Wired to the zine bOING bOING. His latest book, Cyberpunk Handbook: The Real Cyberpunk Fake Book (Random House, 1995),..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Screens Feature

Why is William Gibson at BookPeople Tonight?

Because you should definitely distrust that particular flavor

"...a fondness for Austin, for having been sort of Cyberpunk Central. Austin was actually the epicenter of the cyberpunk..."

Sept. 6, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Vacant of Any Real Oomph

"...of objectivity? Sure, some movies are bad, and maybe cyberpunk isn’t what it was, but that opinion becomes disgusting..."

July 28, 2008 Postmarks

Faster Than Sound: Don’t DM Me, Vote in the Austin Music Poll!

The Austin Music Poll is open all month. Go vote – online!

"...Valin Zamarron, lands in the much-hyped new video game Cyberpunk 2077. Collaboration with producer Geno Lenardo as Code 137,..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Five Science-Fiction Authors to Scan Darkly

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

"...This bespectacled British Columbian got the whole cyberpunk ball rolling along with Austin's own Bruce Sterling, with..."

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

Cinematexas Games Without Borders

An interview with Cinematexas "Games Without Borders" keynote speaker, Mark Dery

"...What happened to cyberpunk? I just finished Neal Stephenson's huge Quicksilver, and I..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Roger Gathman

Virtual Footnotes

"...William Gibson, author of Neuromancer,is credited with the creation..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Screens Feature

A Glitch in the Matrix

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

"...we are code. Call it the Matrix fallacy. That cyberpunk favorite films posit a future in which humans are..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Akira

This animated science fiction based on a graphic novel set the modern standard of excellence for Japanese anime.

"...restoration. Adapted by Katsuhiro Otomo from his sprawling, post-apocalyptic cyberpunk tale of government conspiracies, street gangs, and psychic powers..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Replicas

What hath science wrought? A dull cloning thriller, that's what.

"...In his cyberpunk phases, Reeves has picked films that tackle the question..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Zero History

The onetime king of modern sci-fi is becoming less Ray Bradbury and more John le Carré

"...in the same sentence. Don't worry, the innovator of cyberpunk didn't get hooked on America's Next Top Model. If..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Books Review by Richard Whittaker

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