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John Carpenter’s classic subliminal messaging romp + our local author and auteur on world domination and other fun topics.

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Alex Garland’s adaptation of a trippy 21st century novel + a psychologist and podcaster on the elements that bind us all.

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Douglas Trumbull’s dreamy and harrowing motion picture + a futurist and cinephile on the interior of our consciousness and the technology that vies for it.

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The Wachowskis’ era-defining bender + one of the leading voices on simulations as we know it.

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Duncan Jones’s solitary soliloquy + an accomplished expert on planetary bodies and the ways they measure up to our ambitions.

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Paul Michael Glaser’s vibrant but deadly action flick + a thoughtful author on the phantasmagorical nature of screens and games.