MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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A Glitch in the Matrix (15)
MARIA DUARTE’S mind is blown by the world of simulation theory, and the people who believe they’re living in The Matrix
MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
Directed by Rodney Ascher
WHAT if we were living in a computer simulation and the world around us wasn’t real? If so, with the rise of fascism (again) and the horrendous Covid-19 pandemic, the entity pulling the strings has a sadistic sense of humour.
Filmmaker Rodney Ascher takes us down the rabbit hole of simulation theory — championed by sci-fi writer Philip K Dick (the creator of Minority Report, Blade Runner and Total Recall) and epitomised in The Matrix trilogy — in his new mind-bending documentary.
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