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Pif returns to Open Roads with his latest timely farce, about a man who unwittingly designs an algorithm that makes his job obsolete, and consequently must work as a delivery person for a less-than-human tech multinational.
Video introduction from Pif on June 10
Pif returns to Open Roads with his latest timely farce, this time taking aim at the tech multinationals that have transformed our modern world for better or worse. Arturo (Fabio De Luigi) works for one such corporation, but he invents an algorithm which, unbeknownst to him, effectively makes his position within the company obsolete; having lost his job, his life quickly crumbles, and he is forced to work as a delivery person for the fictitious corporation FUUBER, shuttling take-out orders around town while his movements are monitored and evaluated by an unreasonably strict app. His lone consolation is Stella (Ilenia Pastorelli), a hologram girlfriend also connected to a FUUBER app whose free trial is running out, but the financial precarity of his new job threatens Arturo’s ability to afford a subscription.
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FLC and NYAFF Announce Lineup and Awards of the 25th New York Asian Film Festival, July 10–26
The New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) and Film at Lincoln Center today unveil the second wave of programming for its landmark 25th edition, adding more than 40 films to an already wide-ranging lineup, with very special final titles still to come.
Mark Jenkin and Mary Woodvine on Their Sci-Fi-Tinged Rose of Nevada
This week we’re excited to present a conversation from the 63rd New York Film Festival with Rose of Nevada director Mark Jenkin and actress Mary Woodvine.
Experience 10 Films Entirely on 70mm at “It’s All a Big Conspiracy,” July 1–9 at Film at Lincoln Center
Exploring conspiracy across Hollywood genres, from espionage and sci-fi to superhero cinema, political biography, Shakespearean adaptation, crime drama, cult psychodrama, and the modern action blockbuster, the series includes the first New York City theatrical screening of Tim Burton’s Batman on 70mm since its original release in 1989.
