Blade Runner (1982): More Human Than Human
Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982) portrays a futuristic world where the central question revolves around what it means to be human, which is problematized against the backdrop of the mass…
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Hülya bu ya (1921)
Refik Halid Karay’s short story Hülya Bu Ya (1921) is considered one of the earliest examples of science-fiction in Turkish literature, imagining a futuristic Ankara through the eyes of an…
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Timecrimes-Los Cronocrímenes-(2017)
Nacho Vigalondo’s Timecrimes (2007) is a gripping science-fiction film that transforms the familiar time-travel trope into a remarkably linear film, centering on a never-ending time loop created by an experiment…
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Philip Kaufman’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) is a remake of Don Siegel’s namesake film from 1956 which was heavily inspired by Jack Finney’s novel The Body Snatchers (1955).…
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Outland (1981): High Noon in Space
Peter Hyams’ Outland (1981) is heavily inspired by High Noon, featuring Sean Connery as the marshal of a mining colony on Jupiter’s moon Io who struggles to find the necessary…
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Coherence (2013): When Reality Splinters
James Ward Byrkit’s Coherence (2013) centers on a group of eight friends who, during the passing of a comet over Earth, become trapped in intertwining realities where they encounter alternate…
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Logan’s Run(1976): Paradise with an Expiration Date
Michael Anderson’s Logan’s Run (1976) presents a seemingly utopian society where pleasure functions as the central principle of life. What initially appears to be a perfect world, however, comes with…
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I, Robot (2004)
Alex Proyas’ I, Robot takes its inspiration from Isaac Asimov’s “Three Laws of Robotics”, delving into the question of what would happen if an advanced artificial intelligence were to alter…
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Arrival (2016):The Politics of First Contact
Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival (2016) is a political science-fiction film that explores how the world might respond to first contact with extraterrestrial life. After twelve egg-shaped alien vessels appear across the…
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Ex Machina and the Limits of Artificial Consciousness
Alex Garland’s debut science fiction film Ex Machina (2015) attempts to foresee the consequences of an artificially intelligent gynoid that can pass the Turing test, pointing beyond the mere simulation…
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Children of Men: A Dystopia of Climate Change, Immigration Crisis, and Extremism
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men (2006) presents a dystopian world in which nations suffer from violent conflict, infertility, religious extremism, terrorist attacks, anti-immigrant policies, and state repression. The…
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Æon Flux: Pandemic, Cloning, and the Politics of Survival
Karyn Kusama’s Æon Flux (2005) takes place in a dystopian commune called Bregna, where a technocratic regime of scientists aims to preserve the last portion of humanity, nearly destroyed by…
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