Moral Machines, Synthetic Souls
As artificial intelligence, automation, and digital surveillance shape our lives, we look at how cinema tackles the question of technological ethics through its stories and images. This series deals with the dilemmas of creation and control, the boundaries between human and machine, and the moral consequences of innovation. Accompanying CIA’s free and public “AI & Ethics Panel” on Dec 4, 6:00 pm.
Westworld
- Fri, Nov 7
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Michael Crichton Run Time: 89 min. Format: 35mm Release Year: 1973
Starring: Alan Oppenheimer, Norman Bartold, Richard Benjamin, Yul Brynner, James Brolin
Boy, have we got a vacation for you...
Brainstorm
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Douglas Trumbull Run Time: 106 min. Release Year: 1983
Starring: Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher, Cliff Robertson, Jordan Christopher
The door to the mind is open.
Blade Runner
- Sat, Nov 29
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Ridley Scott Run Time: 118 min. Format: 35mm Release Year: 1982
Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh
Man has made his match... now it's his problem.
So Unreal
- Thu, Dec 4
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Amanda Kramer Run Time: 95 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2023
Starring: Debbie Harry
A cinephile collage, both historical and philosophical, of films on artificial intelligence, cyberspace and virtual reality, from 1981...