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Why the future is not female in science fiction cinema

By Katie Goh

Films like Blade Runner 2049 project male fantasies by placing women in roles of domestic servitude.

When did film fans become so obsessed with alternative cuts?

By Victoria Luxford

A petition calling for the release of Zack Snyder’s extended Justice League cut has got us thinking about a curious trend in modern cinema.

Remembering 1998’s Soldier: The original Blade Runner sequel

By Nadine Smith

Like Philip K Dick’s replicants, Kurt Russell’s steely-eyed space marine asks what it means to be human.

Artificial Intelligence in the movies: What makes us human?

By Little White Lies

Before Blade Runner 2049 hits cinemas, video essayist Luís Azevedo explores a complex existential question.

Why Blade Runner 2049 feels particularly relevant in 2017

By Anastasia Miari

Denis Villeneuve’s hotly-anticipated sequel arrives a time of heightened cultural anxiety in the West.

Ridley Scott is already working on the sequel to Alien: Covenant

By Amy Bowker

Filming will begin within ‘the next 14 months’ according to the director.

Why Alien’s gender politics run a lot deeper than Ellen Ripley

By Thomas Hobbs

The revelation that Lambert is a trans woman transforms what we know about Ridley Scott’s sci-fi horror.

Alien: Covenant

By Adam Woodward

Ridley Scott delivers a baroque monster movie that’s better than Prometheus.

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How the Alien saga went from trilogy to franchise

By Ethan Vestby

Ever since its unlikely resurrection in the late ’90s, the sci-fi horror series has continued to evolve.

How The Duellists set the tone for Ridley Scott’s filmmaking career

By James Clarke

The director’s 1977 feature debut contains several key thematic and stylistic hallmarks.

Check out these vintage Alien posters from around the world

By Little White Lies

Incredible original designs created for Ridley Scott’s iconic sci-fi horror.

It looks as though we’re getting a second Alien movie this year…

By Jack Godwin

At least, that’s the vibe we’re getting from the skin-crawling new Life trailer.

Watch the nerve-shredding new trailer for Alien: Covenant

By Little White Lies

The path to paradise begins in hell in Ridley Scott’s long-awaited sci-fi prequel.

Tom Hardy on playing the ultimate anti-hero in Taboo

By Adam Woodward

The actor reveals details of his upcoming BBC drama – your new TV obsession.

Everything we know about Alien: Covenant

By Tom Williams

Ridley Scott’s follow-up to Prometheus looks set to answer some vital questions about the saga.

The official trailer for Blade Runner 2049 is here

By Caitlin Quinlan

Watch Ryan Gosling hunt down Harrison Ford in this first look at Denis Villeneuve’s forthcoming sequel.

Aliens at 30 – in praise of James Cameron’s feminist masterpiece

By Lara C Cory

Thirty years on, Sigourney Weaver’s iconic hero stands as a defiant symbol of gender equality.

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