The Pod Generation, 2023. Written and Directed by Sophie Barthes. Starring Emilia Clarke, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rosalie Craig, Vinette Robinson, Kathryn Hunter, and Jean-Marc Barr. SYNOPSIS: In a not-so-distant future, tech giant Pegazus offers couples the opportunity to share their pregnancies via detachable artificial wombs or pods. And so begins Rachel and Alvy’s wild ride to […]
Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor are expectant parents in The Pod Generation trailer
Vertical has released a trailer for writer-director Sophie Barthes’ sci-fi comedy drama The Pod Generation. Set in the not so-distant future where technology has trumped nature in almost every aspect of life, the film follows a New York couple Rachel (Emilia Clarke) and Alvy (Chiwetel Ejiofor) as they landed a coveted spot at the Womb […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – The Pod Generation
The Pod Generation, 2023. Written and Directed by Sophie Bartes. Starring Emilia Clarke, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rosalie Craig, Vinette Robinson, and Jean-Marc Barr. SYNOPSIS: A rising tech company executive, Rachel lands a coveted spot at the Womb Center, which offers couples a convenient (and shareable) maternity by way of detachable artificial wombs, or pods. Sophie Barthes’ […]
Movie Review – UK18 (2017)
UK18, 2017. Directed by Andrew Tiernan. Starring Shona McWilliams, Ian Hart, Jean-Marc Barr, Jack Roth, Tim Bentinck, and Jason Williamson. SYNOPSIS: A documentary film-maker suspects she is being brainwashed by a secret government organisation. Set in a not-so-distant, not-so-unrecognisable dystopian future, Andrew Tiernan’s faux surrealist documentary makes the case that conspiracy theorists were right all along, and […]
