Cinema, Science and the Imagination

Science fiction makes abstract questions visible: where we come from, how we understand the universe, and how technology changes the stories we tell. These original interviews and essays connect imagined worlds with the people and ideas behind them.

Science fiction, belief and representation

• Ridley Scott Seeks God in Prometheus (2012)
• Jessica Chastain’s character in Interstellar was originally a man (2014)
• Dune Borrowed the Arabs’ Desert, Faith and Jihad. Then Hollywood Wrote the Arabs Out (2021)

Where imagined worlds come from

• Terry Gilliam talks about the Joys of Film making (2009)
• Quentin Tarantino: My Films are Spaghetti Westerns (2013)
• Cinema’s Giants Reveal Where a Director’s Vision Comes From (2021)

Technology and the changing screen

• Jeffrey Katzenberg Bets on Quibi and Cinema’s Smallest Screen (2020)
• Martin Scorsese on The Irishman, Joker and the Fight for Cinema (2019)
• Scorsese vs Marvel: Is Cinema Really Dead? (2017)

These are dated archive pieces, rather than a guide to the latest releases. Their original publication years remain visible on the article pages.

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