This review is based on a screening at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Movies about people getting sucked into video games have been around nearly as long as video games themselves, but none have had ...

Albert Birney’s endearingly crafted, black-and-white idiosyncratic vision of a life consumed by media dabbles in darkness while on a quest to its life-affirming intent. This ingenious fantasy about ...

Albert Birney’s OBEX is a dark, twisted, and nonsensical fantasy about a man who gets sucked into a video game and forced to fend for his life while trying to recover his most trusted companion; a ...

“There it is,” says Computer Conor, finding the advert for his modest computer-art service in the latest issue of Personal Computing while his dog, Sandy, snuffles on the sofa. Though the aesthetic of ...

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When Albert Birney was seven years old, his grandmother gave him a Nintendo for his birthday. That gift inspired a lifelong love of gaming that led directly to his new movie, OBEX. The film, which ...

Back in 2021, Hannah’s love of all things nerdy collided with her passion for writing — and she hasn’t stopped since. She covers pop culture news, writes reviews, and conducts interviews on just about ...

Are we currently in an era of dog horror? Of course, it’s presently Good Boy taking the world by storm. With a wide-release and sensational marketing campaign (including a fun PSA clarifying the ...

Hand-labeled VHS tapes line the shelves of the living room where Conor Marsh (Albert Birney), a 36-year-old man living alone ...

"There it is," says Computer Conor, finding the advert for his modest computer-art service in the latest issue of Personal Computing while his dog, Sandy, snuffles on the sofa. Though the aesthetic of ...