Film

It’s simply unnatural for so many humans to be so interconnected in such a fast-paced, tech-centric, online landscape where screens constantly ping us with notifications and advertisements. Not to mention cyberbullying, catfishing, scams, fraud, comparison depression, and all that other stuff to worry about. Here are some of the best movies about social media that explore the various threats and issues that come with it. 8. Disconnect (2012) 8. Disconnect (2012)...

Unreliable narrators are tricky because they might be intentionally lying to deceive other characters (or viewers), or they might just be lost in themselves and trying to pick up the pieces of their stories. Either way, the unreliable narrator is one of the more useful narrative tropes in how it can shake up a story, inject mystery, and climax with unpredictable twists. Here are our favorite examples of unreliable narrators in movies and TV shows....

The term originates from theater and stage plays, where the “fourth wall” was the invisible wall separating the performers from the audience, with the other three walls being the walls of the stage. In theaters, actors pretend to ignore the invisible fourth wall (or, more accurately, they pretend that there is a real wall there). To them, the audience doesn’t exist. We’re looking in from the outside as the characters live out their fictional experiences....

So far, Lord and Miller have adapted a picture book into an animated send-off to disaster movies, made a cop drama into a chaotic action-comedy flick, turned a toy commercial into a solid animated movie, and reinvented a beloved superhero into one much fresher. Their ability to reinvent IPs while inserting their clever style of humor have made them into an iconic creative duo—but more than that, they’re now seen as a reliable brand for empowering movies and TV shows....

The surrealism movement was known for its absurdist and nonsensical interpretations of reality—interpretations that were often dream-like, erotic, and disturbingly unnerving. That avant-garde style reached into all forms of art, including paintings, poetry, sculptures, and film. To this day, we can still spot traces of surrealist culture in modern movies, even if it’s certainly a niche market. Here’s a bit of a beginner’s guide to surrealist movies and the curious elements that drive them....