Building his latest documentary around impossibly big questions, a cheeky ‘90s cyber aesthetic and the words of visionary author Philip K. Dick, director Rodney Ascher explores the labyrinthine ...

There are words, and many metaphors, one could use to describe simulation theory: the belief, popularized two decades ago by “The Matrix,” that the life we’re living — the people we know, the ...

The Matrix, a 1999 film, has become a cultural touchstone, sparking discussions about the nature of reality and the concept ...

Rodney Ascher's Sundance Midnight title uses cultural touchstones like "The Matrix" to answer the question: Is any of this real? Magnolia Pictures has released the official trailer for the Sundance ...

If you've heard of simulation theory -- the idea that our entire universe could be running inside of some sort of extra-dimensional computer -- there's a good chance you encountered it from a high ...

"The only clue we have is when some alteration in our reality occurs." Magnolia Pictures has released one final full-length trailer for A Glitch in the Matrix, the latest film from conspiracy doc ...

At the IndieWire Sundance Studio, presented by Adobe, Ascher said the idea that we are living in a simulation isn't that crazy. For the uninitiated, it sounds like the mutterings of a tinfoil ...

There's no questioning "The Matrix" is a great action movie. But there are lots of questions to be asked of those who take the movie's notion that we're living in a computer simulation seriously.

Director Rodney Ascher has an interesting approach to the documentary form. His 2012 film Room 237 explores fan theories and coded messages within Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, with its subjects ...

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