Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.

“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡

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The extreme vulnerability of Joaquin Phoenix When Ari Aster melts into praise for Joaquin Phoenix, he often circles back to a single, precise word: vulnerable. Breaking into the casting room of the…

One of the most distinctive actors of his generation has made unabashed commitment to his craft his signature – in Ari Aster he might have met his match

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The faux feminism of the hagsploitation boom Ti West’s X , Alex Garland’s Men and Zach Cregger’s Barbarian have all been promoted with the insinuation that there will be positive female…

As Zach Cregger's Weapons storms the box office, there's never been a better time to revisit @billierwalker.bsky.social's piece from 2022 about hagsploitation in the movies lwlies.com/article/the-...

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God's Own Country - best jumper wearing romantic protagonist since When Harry Met Sally.

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AI filmmaking and storytelling is punk rock. It’s hip hop. It’s counterculture. It’s a new type of creativity. It’s a new medium. It’s hated by the mainstream film and art establishment. It resists ideology. It ignores gate keeping. It’s uncomfortable. It’s scary. It’s viral. It’s accessible. It’s refreshing. It’s welcoming. It’s here.

AI filmmaking is peeing. It’s pooping. It’s throwing up. It’s a new kind of liquid coming out. It’s hated by the establishment. It’s what goes in the toilet. It’s wet. It’s what’s in the bathroom.

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David Cronenberg: 'You don’t want to bore peo­ple with how sad you… But then, a year later, I realized that I did get it, and I did like it, and wanted to make the movie. And so it came together in the kind of fusing of…

my interview with david cronenberg is online @lwlies.com . needless to say a career highlight, one of the most delightful interview experiences i've ever had lwlies.com/interviews/d...

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The Entity: On the Technologies of Late Cruisedom When Tom Cruise flings himself into the space left by old technology’s outmoded modes, is he bridging a widening gyre or syncing with it?

“The actor’s longtime eagerness to deliquesce into his on-screen personae—prompted, at least in recent years, by an image-armoring avoidance of investigation into his infamous personal life—makes him eminently available as just that: pure image, nothing more or less.”

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Die, My Love – first-look review Lynne Ramsay finds a kindred spirit in Jennifer Lawrence, joining forces for a blistering portrait of a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

to the surprise of no one, i am in love with die, my love lwlies.com/festivals/di...

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The Story Of Every Perfume Genius Album Cover From ’Learning’ to ’Glory,’ Mike Hadreas reveals the background behind all of his Perfume Genius album covers.

Call it poetic. Call it kismet. My final piece for Uproxx is the same as my first: an interview with Perfume Genius.

Glory is out tomorrow, and I spoke with Mike Hadreas about the story behind every Perfume Genius album cover:
uproxx.com/indie/perfum...

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I wish people were truly sick of superhero movies. That Marvel announcement from yesterday...Free us, lord!

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