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129 Years Later, The First-Ever Sci-Fi Film Has Finally Been Found

Considered lost for over a century, Georges Méliès' 'Gugusse and the Automaton' features cinema’s earliest robot.

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Spectacle, weirdness and novelty: what early cinema tells us about the appeal of ‘AI slop’

Talking monkeys vlogging from sacred sites, three-legged sharks wearing Nike sneakers, babies trapped in space… if you spend any time on social media these days you’re likely to come across such examples of what’s been dubbed “AI slop”.

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32 underrated sci-fi movies

Sci-fi movies are so much more than billion-dollar franchises

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120 Years Ago, the Most Important Sci-Fi Movie Ever Made Got a Surprising Sequel

All science fiction is destined to age, but the visions of the past can still be delightful and surprisingly thoughtful.

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Best sci-fi movies with 90%+ on Rotten Tomatoes

Here are the top 15 sci-fi movies boasting over 90% scores on Rotten Tomatoes from both critics and audiences alike.

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How the Eiffel Tower became silent cinema's icon

27 December 2023 marks the centenary of the death of the French civil engineer, Gustave Eiffel. Many studies have looked at the way in which the tower that bears his name has inspired painters (Bonnard, Chagall, Delaunay, De Staël, etc.) and poets (Apollinaire, Cendrars, Cocteau, Queneau, etc.) since it was…

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Return of the king: what can the movies teach us about the coronation?

Icy rejection in Welles’s Chimes at Midnight, Chalamet stripped to the waist, a swaggering Chris Hemsworth – which will Charles channel on Saturday?

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The Art of Illusion review – a little less than meets the eye

Alexis Michalik’s time-hopping French hit about the history of stage magic is a diverting jeu d’esprit but there isn’t much to see once you look past the misdirection

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