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A woman in a dark environment holding a video camera, with red-painted lips and an intense expression on her face.
Home Ents

Discover the director’s cut of Olivier Assays’ Demonlover

by Anton Bitel

The French film­mak­er explores the dark side of the inter­net age in this erot­ic thriller from 2002.
Animated characters: Large, muscular man in red costume; smaller woman in green outfit
Review

Ralph Breaks the Internet

by Hannah Strong

There’s charm to spare in Disney’s fol­low-up to Wreck-It Ralph, but it still feels like a cyn­i­cal cash-grab.

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Blue-tinted smartphone screen showing room interior
Review

Unfriended: Dark Web

by Hannah Strong

A group of friends become embroiled in a sadis­tic inter­net game in the lat­est found footage phenomenon.

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A bearded man wearing red-framed glasses holds a tablet computer against a bright pink background.
Interviews

Michael Haneke: ‘I use the internet, but I don’t have time to waste on social media’

by David Jenkins

The Aus­tri­an auteur explains why he had to cre­ate a Face­book account for his new film, Hap­py End.
Anime-style illustration of a young man with dark hair and a pensive expression gazing at a large, white, glowing eye.
In Praise Of

How Perfect Blue predicted the disturbing possibilities of the internet

by Daniel Schindel

Satoshi Kon’s cult ani­mé con­tains a vital mes­sage for mod­ern audiences.
A silhouetted hand pressing against a TV screen, displaying a snowy, static image.
In Praise Of

Why Videodrome feels more relevant today than ever

by Adam Woodward

David Cronenberg’s erot­i­cal­ly-charged social satire is a cau­tion­ary tale for the inter­net age.
A person in a black suit hugging a cushion with the text "WINS AKS" on it.
In Praise Of

Kyle MacLachlan is the Internet’s Dad now and we love him for it

by Marianne Eloise

The star of Twin Peaks uses social media to con­nect with fans and pro­mote good causes.
Person with camera filming police officers in riot gear.
Human Rights Watch Film Festival

A new film shows why democracy and the internet are uneasy bedfellows

by Sarah Jilani

Black Code fol­lows ​“cyber stew­ards” from Toronto’s The Cit­i­zen Lab.
Cluttered office desk with books, electronics, and a silhouetted figure standing in the dim lighting.

The J-horror that predicted the rise of internet isolation

by Alex Denney

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s eeri­ly pre­scient 2001 film jour­neys to the heart of tech­no­log­i­cal darkness.
A man holding a large colourful sign reading "WELCOME MARCO REALINONTE AND JANE O'BRIEN" in an airport terminal, with people in the background.
Review

Tickled

by David Jenkins

A search for the inven­tor of com­pet­i­tive inter­net tick­ling gets very dark very quickly.

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