Ex Machina

Vera Drake to Ex Machina: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Imelda Staunton is outstanding in Mike Leigh’s incredibly timely drama, while Alicia Vikander is the perfect AI creation in Alex Garland’s directorial debut. Plus, Keanu Reeves is back with more Matrix

Simon Wardell

27, May, 2022 @8:00 AM

Oscar Isaac films – ranked!

As he appears in cinemas in Dune and The Card Counter – and on TV in Scenes from a Marriage – we rate the best roles of the rakish smoothie, from space fighter to folk singer

Guy Lodge

21, Oct, 2021 @11:00 AM

From Boyhood to Get Out – why the 2010s is my favourite film decade

The last seven years has given us career bests from visionary veterans and a horde of hungry up-and-comers ready to drag Hollywood into modernity. The death of cinema? We’ve never had it so good

Cath Clarke

29, Mar, 2018 @5:30 AM

Was Annihilation too brainy for the box office?

Alex Garland’s follow-up to Ex Machina was hotly anticipated, yet it’s gone direct to Netflix. Why?

Guy Lodge

10, Mar, 2018 @5:00 PM

Future romance: how science fiction is predicting our relationships

The contemplative indie Marjorie Prime is the latest in a long line of sci-fi films and TV shows that explore how we might date and love in the future

Arielle Bernstein

16, Aug, 2017 @10:00 AM

The most exciting science-fiction films of 2017

In the latest in our 10-part series, we run through the films we are most looking forward to next year (in alphabetical order). Today: science fiction

Catherine Shoard

23, Dec, 2016 @8:00 AM

The good, the bad and the cyborgs: Westworld's robot forebears

As Westworld’s rogue robots begin to revolt, we take a look at some of their artificial forebears who gave new meaning to the phrase ‘technical glitch’

Ben Child

11, Oct, 2016 @8:00 AM

The tech industry wants to use women’s voices – they just won't listen to them

From Siri to Microsoft’s Tay, women’s voices are leading the AI frontier but we have no reason to believe the male-dominated industry understands us at all

Leigh Alexander

28, Mar, 2016 @9:30 PM

Spotlight and The Revenant deserve their Oscars, but where were Carol's? | Peter Bradshaw

On balance, the Academy gave its prizes to the right people, but it’s baffling that the Cate Blanchett-starring lesbian romance was completely shut out

Peter Bradshaw

29, Feb, 2016 @6:27 AM

Don't knock CGI: it's everywhere – you just don't notice it

I’m nominated for an Oscar for Ex Machina’s visual effects, but the increasing sophistication and falling costs of CGI means almost all movies feature it – and it’s no longer the scapegoat for shoddy work elsewhere

Andrew Whitehurst

25, Feb, 2016 @4:10 PM