ÆON FLUX (1995)

Dr. Dre in the studio, working on "Doggystyle" ('93)

Inland Empire (2006)

Marlon Wayans remembers Darren Aronofsky telling him not to have sex during "Requiem for a Dream" filming: “Darren is crazy. He asked, ‘What are the three things you love most?’ I said, ‘I love chocolate, sex and drinking.’ He said, ‘Great. So then here’s what I want you to do: I don’t want you to have sex or masturbate, I don’t want you to eat sugar and you cannot drink.’ It was for the three weeks before filming that he called ‘three weeks of wrath,’ and he said, ‘I want you to do without so you know what it feels like when you’re fiending for something, because you guys are junkies.’ And I said, ‘Bet.’” wp.me/pc8uak-1lHlIe

Bernie Su’s ‘Whispers’ Showcases A New Kind Of AI-Informed Cinema forbes.com/sites/dbloom/2026…

As independent creators reshape horror, we're witnessing a generational shift in the genre. Before SKINAMARINK, director Kyle Edward Ball was making terrifying analog horror videos on YouTube. Streaming now on Shudder.

'Whispers,' the latest tech-fueled creation from Emmy winner Bernie Su, synthesizes AI prompts from its audience to generate a unique experience. forbes.com/sites/dbloom/2026…

Trying to use AI to evolve interactive narrative art forms. Thanks @Forbes! @aionthelot! forbes.com/sites/dbloom/2026…

Humans and AI collaborating at work is cool but you know what's really cool? Humans and AI collaborating for entertainment - @thegp portfolio company Pickford showed Hollywood what it looks like last night and @Forbes wrote about "AI informed Cinema": forbes.com/sites/dbloom/2026…

What's up with pho costing $17 a bowl when it customarily was a $5 meal? <<sigh>> Inflation not justified on this one! #IYKYK

Parents of OpenAI whistleblower intensify dispute over suicide ruling: 'He would not harm himself' abc7news.com/post/parents-op…

The prose that Chat and Gemini writes in is such a 🥱💤

I hear Wasian > Hapa is the new new for us mixed Asians 🇰🇷🇨🇳🇹🇼🇯🇵🇻🇳🇹🇭🇲🇱🇸🇬🇵🇭🇮🇩🇰🇭🇱🇦

Major League Baseball will use the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) during the entire 2026 season ABS CHALLENGE RULES: - Each team will get two challenges and can keep them if they’re successful - Challenges can only be initiated by a pitcher, catcher, or batter, and the request must come right after the pitch - To signal a challenge, the pitcher, catcher, or batter will tap his hat or helmet to let the umpire know - No help from the dugout or other players on the field is allowed - In each extra inning, a team will be awarded a challenge if it has none remaining entering the inning The ABS Challenge System powered by T-Mobile 5G network uses cameras set up around the perimeter of the field to track the location of each pitch and a graphic on the scoreboard shows the result of the challenge (MLB x @TMobile)

One thing I’ve seen that really stuck with me is pointing out an LLM cannot comprehend context or subtext, and therefore writes EVERY SINGLE SENTENCE as if it HAS to make an impact. It cannot “build” because it doesn’t actually understand what it’s spitting out

Jennifer Field

On the set of Web of Spies, Christopher Lloyd called me a handsome man, and he was not wrong, but it was mostly the hat. That’s me behind Jennifer Field. I should watch it someday.

One Oscar After Another 🏆 Another round of applause for our Sundance Institute Labs alumni on winning their first #Oscars tonight. Huge congratulations to Ryan Coogler and Paul Thomas Anderson.

Sundance 2026 had a panel about AI in filmmaking that actually showed working systems instead of just talking theory. Bernie Su from Pickford.ai demonstrated "Whispers," an interactive murder mystery where AI adapts the story based on how viewers engage. You ask questions, the AI responds in character while maintaining narrative coherence. Each viewing creates a unique story path. Alexandra Hooven from Othelia Technologies discussed how studios like Disney are building IP protection frameworks for AI generated content. Jess Engel from Primordial Soup covered practical workflow integration. The panel was moderated by Chris O'Falt from IndieWire, sponsored by Dropbox, and held January 23 at the festival. What stands out is that these aren't concept demos. They're deployed applications solving specific production challenges. Full breakdown. studio.aifilms.ai/blog/indie…

for all my LA friends - What happens when you let a theater full of strangers control a first date? Absolute chaos. Beautiful chaos. First Date is a live, interactive AI experience from Pickford AI. The audience whispers in the ears of two animated characters on a date — guiding them toward love, heartbreak, or total disaster. No two shows are ever the same. We've screened at Cannes, Busan, Sundance, and BAFTA. Now we're partnering with Alamo Drafthouse Cinema for three public screenings in Downtown LA: 🎬 March 25 · April 2 · April 13 — all at 7pm 👉 Get your tickets now: drafthouse.com/los-angeles/s…