Analysis – Indy Film Library

Ghost in the Machine offers a critical deep dive into so-called artificial intelligence

Writing for the Sundance Institute website, Erik Adams calls Valerie Veatch’s Ghost in the Machine “the scariest movie … Ghost in the Machine offers a critical deep dive into so-called artificial intelligenceRead more

The passing of Marjane Satrapi – who her family say “died of sadness” a year after … Marjane Satrapi’s legacy shows why keeping the humanity in storyboarding mattersRead more

Director: Dan Biurrum Writer: Dan Biurrum & Mari Biurrum Cast: Danilo Martim, Diego Rodda, Clodd Dias … Saturday Matinees Preview: FArDADO [Uniformed] (2025)Read more

In our tightly cultivated media bubbles, we can be aggressively resistant to forms of storytelling which … Swimming to Cambodia and the power of seeing a movie ‘blind’Read more

As the nature of internet censorship warps and shifts, artists who thrived digitally are turning to … Smiling Friends and the art of bowing out disgracefullyRead more

Where the lines blur around what is or isn’t ‘horror’, or ‘elevated horror’ can offer an … Saw’ll Fun And Games Til Someone Gets HurtRead more

One of the excuses proponents of AI ‘art’ fall back on is that what their plagiarism … The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Slop MachineRead more

As Hamnet reduces audiences to floods of tears in the run-up to the 2026 Oscars ceremony, … To be, or not to beRead more

Director: Sajad Soleymani Writer: Sajad Soleymani Cast: Niusha Shahrivari, Praham Khakzad, Mohammadsaeed Ahangar Running time: 19mins … Saturday Matinees Preview: Ker (2025)Read more