Lights, Camera, Surveillance: technology in film

From Spiderman, to Toy Story, to One Night Only, this week we’re talking about some of the summers biggest and weirdest movies, as we think about the use of technology and surveillance in film.

Links

- Silicon valley has a science fiction problem: https://aeon.co/essays/silicon-valley-has-a-science-fiction-problem

- One night only

• Guardian review: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/05/one-night-only-movie-review
• NY Times review: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/movies/one-night-only-review.html

Movies we watched in order discussed:

- Spiderman: Brand New Day and Spiderman: Far from Home

- Coyote Vs. Acme

- Toy Story 5 (and Toy Story 3)

- One Night Only

- Super Mario Galaxy (Derogatory)

- Minions and Monsters

- Project Hail Mary

- The Odyssey

- Devil Wears Prada 2

- "The Box" Brooklyn 99 S5 E14