All tagged technology
Social Dilemma (2020), Netflix’s latest doc of the moment, not only paints a pessimistic picture of social media but puts the blame for many of society’s ills squarely at the feet of the tech giants. But are we all truly unwitting victims of so-called “surveillance capitalism”?
Amongst Sundance London’s brilliant short film selection, our non-fiction eye was caught by two in particular: “Beyond the North Winds: A Post Nuclear Reverie” and “Junior Bangers”.
Matt Wolf is the director of the newly released 'Spaceship Earth', the crazy story of Biosphere 2, a wild 90s experiment where eight people tried to survive for two years within a glass structure that recreated the earth's atmosphere, along with its plant and animal life.
In his brilliant new CBC Docs series 'The Internet of Everything', Brett Gaylor explores how the internet is changing our cities, our homes, our bodies and our future.
As lockdown persists around the world and travel continues to be ruled out, we teamed up with The Movie Diorama to bring you our 10 favourite documentaries that focus on global subcultures, so that you can continue to explore the world through film.
In honour of International Women’s Day, we’re featuring an episode of the brilliant Visible Farmer film project in our Free of the Week series! Melissa is a small holds market-gardener implementing techniques and processes that regenerate her land, ensure a strong bond with her local community and completely cut out the need for a supply chain.
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Remember your first digital pet? I bet your parents do… This 2000s craze is so deeply rooted in our imaginations that its iconic high-pitched sound alone will be enough to bring back the fits of joy (and panic!) that it so often delivered to its long-suffering owners - The Tamagotchi.
Every day, hundreds of millions of tweets, Instagram posts, Facebook updates and Youtube uploads make their way online. Inevitably, a significant portion of these uploads will be reported for violating a platform’s rules. But what happens next? Who decides what should be deleted?
When we asked director Toby Brusseau if he ever worried for Mike’s life while shooting ‘Rocketman’, his reply was “Absolutely. All the time. Not only for Mike but for the crew as well”.
We partnered with Fleishman Hillard Fishburn to host the Uk’s first ever screening of Social Animals. Find out how our audience reacted!
In 2013, inventor and entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes was at the head of a $10 billion company, two years later she is due to appear in court for fraud.
If you were online in the late 2000s, the chances are you’ve heard of TechnoViking. The thing is, TechnoViking never wanted you to know him…
Find out how to enter our draw to win tickets to our private screening of SXSW-nominated documentary Social Animals in London!
“Less but better”. Dieter Rams, the most influential designer alive to day, has an important message for our consumption-fuelled lives. This film looks back at his timeless pieces of work with Braun in the 50s and 60s.
The study of an incredibly ingenious old man, improving the life of his community in Tajikistan with his unique skills and experience.
Cities around the world are growing too fast to be liveable. In a time of unparalleled technological innovation, what does a city of the future look like?
In China, live-streaming has taken over the lives of millions of people. Peak into this Black Mirror-esque dystopia as the annual popularity contest takes place.
When you walk down a street, everything you see has been designed. Step through the looking glass into the exciting world of urban design.
Drones will transform cities, revolutionising how people travel, how goods are delivered and how buildings look and are constructed.
The bizarre and scandalous life of tech millionaire John McAfee - famed inventor of anti-virus software - who goes off the grid to live in Belize, building a compound and harem and becoming a drug lord.
