10 Sci-Fi Adaptations first published by BFI, 14 October 2021, to coincide with the release of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune Includes capsules of: Frankenstein, Forbidden Planet, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Horror Express, Starship Troopers, War of the Worlds, A Scanner Darkly, 1, The Congress, Aniara With its immense world building, vast ensemble of characters, and complicated…
A Scanner Darkly first published by Film4 Film summary: Friends tune in and turn on themselves in this rotoscoped adaptation of the Philip K. Dick cult novel, directed by Richard Linklater. Review: It is seven years from now, in Anaheim, California, and Charles Freck (Rory Cochrane) has a bug problem. They are everywhere – in his apartment,…
Review originally published on EyeforFilm. Sometimes a film can take on the character of its protagonist in the particulars of its style, and so it is that Richard Linklater’s Bernie, like the man after whom it is named, is joyously camp and colourful, and not a little eccentric – even unhinged. Bernhardt Tiede II is…