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In today's episode, we discuss the White House's call for critical cybersecurity assistance for sectors like healthcare and water utilities (https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/white-house-seeks-critical-cyber-assistance-for-water-utilities-healthcare/716942/), analyze the compromise of JAVS Viewer software by loader malware (https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/05/23/javs-viewer-malware/), and explore how rising cyberattacks are driving the growth of the cybersecurity industry, affecting companies like AWS, Cisco, and CrowdStrike (https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/attacks-fuel-cyber-business/716782/). Full Coker Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yR3kfajhk0 00:00 Introduction to the Cybersecurity Boom 01:04 The Economics of Cybersecurity 03:22 National Cyber Director's Keynote Highlights 04:14 The Cost of Cybersecurity Measures 05:19 Teenagers in Cybercrime: A Growing Concern 06:13 JAVS Viewer Malware: What You Need to Know 07:50 Conclusion and Call to Action Tags: Harry Coker Jr, healthcare, water utilities, ransomware, National Cyber Director, critical infrastructure, cyber threats, innovative strategies, cybersecurity, administration initiatives, Lapsus, teenage cybercrime, JAVS, recording software, loader malware, security risks, courtrooms, prisons, compromised software, cybersecurity vendors, digital threat landscape, market complexity Search Phrases: Initiatives by Harry Coker Jr in cybersecurity Healthcare cyber threat protection strategies Water utilities ransomware defense National Cyber Director's speech on cyber threats Administration measures against teenage cybercrime Compromised JAVS software security risks Immediate actions for JAVS Viewer users Cybersecurity vendors' role in digital threat evolution Increasing complexity in the cybersecurity market Global spending on cybersecurity in 2023 May24 Cyber attacks are propelling the cybersecurity industry to new Heights with global spending on security projected to hit in astonishing. $215 billion this year. How are cybersecurity vendors adapting to the constant evolution of cyber threats while also contributing to increased complexity in the market? National cyber director, Harry Coker Jr. Announced a sweeping initiative to fortify healthcare and water utilities against cyber threats. Highlighting a commitment to strengthen America's critical infrastructure. At a keynote speech on Wednesday. What measures is the administration taking to deter teenagers from join me, joining cyber criminal groups. Like Lapsis. Threat researchers have discovered that legitimate recording software from JAVS has been compromised with loader malware directly from the developers own site. If you're using the jabs viewer, what actions can you take? If you suspect your version has been compromised. You're listening to the daily decrypt. The cybersecurity industry is thriving. Thanks to the rise in cyber attacks. Now this makes sense. Supply and demand is the foundation of capitalism. And cyber attacks are on the rise. So of course, cybersecurity is booming, but this reminds me sort of eerily of the show fallout, which is on Amazon prime, highly recommend one of my favorite TV shows of all time. But go ahead and skip the next 15 seconds if you don't want any spoilers, but. One of the most fascinating aspects of that show is how. Valtech the maker of these volts. Was one of the top companies in the country. Because one, they preyed on citizens, fear of a nuclear war. So they made these vaults. To keep people safe in the impending nuclear bomb drop. But in order to stay on top in order to stay. Relevant. They needed that nuke to drop. And I don't think we're at that point yet with cybersecurity, I believe. The volume of cyber attacks is enough to sustain a $200 billion industry. But who knows what will happen in 10, 20, 30 years, maybe in order to stay relevant. Defender's need to start attacking. To keep that fear alive. I really hope not, but. That is the foundation of capitalism. So as mentioned, the global spending on security and risk management is projected to reach $215 billion this year, which is a 30% increase. From $165 billion in 2022. Brendan whales of the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency or SISA. Talks about how this multi-billion dollar cyber security industry. Exists solely because the multi-billion dollar technology industry is insecure. So as the technology industry, booms naturally cybersecurity will boom, along with it. Alan Liska from recorded future criticizes, the industry for creating unnecessary complexity. And he emphasizes that the industry is currently pushing to sell expensive solutions. Over simpler, more effective ones. So this all just begs the question. If a company. Is faced with the opportunity to end cyber risk. To stop all attacks from happening. Or to create a product that will do this. Will they. Or will they continue to confuse and complicate. In order to make more and more money. National cyber director, Harry Coker Jr. Announced new actions to bolster key sectors like healthcare and water utilities. As well as combating ransomware and enhancing resilience. During a keynote speech at Auburn university's Macquarie Institute on Wednesday. In partnership with the department of health and human services. Their aim is to raise cybersecurity standards for hospitals, as well as seek additional aid for small, rural and critical care facilities. The EPA or environmental protection agency will provide more technical assistance to public water systems. The department of agriculture will invest in a program to. Integrate cyber security into rural water utilities. They've also proposed a budget to president Biden. That includes $12 million for HHS cybersecurity capacity. $25 million for sector risk management. And $25 million for a cyber grant for water utilities. And that makes me think of an Instagram real I watched yesterday. Where. It showed a video of United States, military members firing different. Weapons systems from. The 2, 4, 9, 2 rocket launchers to 50 Cal machine guns off the side of a helicopter. And as each bullet or round fired. There was a cost calculator in the top left that showing how much it costs to fire these weapons. And all of these videos were taken during training. And like one of those rockets just to fire at once costs like $19 million, just one rocket. So, yeah, $25 million to one person is a lot of money, but to the entire country's water agency. That's no money that will not help at all. That'll get them a $10 a month subscription. To some off the shelf service. Built by AI. So we got to get that up. All right. I like the intent, but we got to get that number up. In the keynote speech Coker also highlighted. Plans to crack down on criminal ransomware and to better understand the open source security risks. He's also built a partnership with the DOJ that will develop programs to deter teens from joining cyber criminal groups, like Lapsis, which recruits minors due to their short potential jail terms. And when we think about ransomware groups like lapses, my brain doesn't go to teenagers, but it is the perfect demographic. First of all, they feel invincible. They have good internet connections. They have lots of time. And they're extremely motivated by money. Like money is status in high school. And imagine being able to buy like a super nice car and take your friends out, maybe even charter a plane or something, take your friends somewhere. So that is an interesting problem to solve. And I personally don't have a solution, but let's see what they come up with with the DOJ. And finally. There's a legitimate recording software called jabs viewer. That has been compromised with loader malware and served from the official developer's website since at least April 2nd. This is according to rapid seven. The compromised installer, which is signed by Vanguard tech limited hides malware from the gate door, Russ store, family. This malware enables unauthorized remote access data collection, and further malicious payload downloads. If you're running jabs, viewer version 8.3 0.7. At this point, you have to re image all effected end points. You've got a reset, all credentials. And browser sessions to prevent unauthorized access. And update to the latest version version 8.3 0.8 or higher. Simply updating, apparently won't completely rid your device of this malware because it had remote code execution access, and it's probably loaded other things. So the only way to rid it is to. Uh, re image that end point, which totally sucks. And might not even be possible. But I'll tell you it does suck less. Then ransomware.. If you're unsure, if the device you're working with. Has been compromised. You can search for the file name F F F M peg dot exe with three F's. Which mimics the legitimate file that this software creates called F F M peg with two F's. If that three F file is found on the endpoint, you must re image the endpoint. You can also check to see if the software you have installed is digitally signed. By jabs itself. If it's signed by Vanguard tech limited, that is compromised. This has been the Daily Decrypt. If you found your key to unlocking the digital domain, show your support with a rating on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. It truly helps us stand at the frontier of cyber news. Don't forget to connect on Instagram or catch our episodes on YouTube. Until next time, keep your data safe and your curiosity alive.

 For more, subscribe to our Patreon! Ok, sorry, I know I'm late af.  I literally just got home at 9:30pm and before I even kiss my wife and hug my child, I'm posting this for you sickos.  Let's talk dystopian futures!  Lapsis, a world fit with working class strife vs a future with single combat to solve political disputes in giant fucking robots!  So grab your hiking boots and unitard it's time for another greasy episode of It's Just 2 Movies!Contact the show via email at:   itsjust2movies@gmail.comFacebook, TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, Letterboxd and the like  @itsjust2moviesDon't forget to subscribe on YouTube!Need  to buy some stuff on Amazon?  Visit our Amazon affiliate link to do  your shopping and it helps the show financially!  Wow!  Amazing! *As Amazon associates we earn from qualifying purchases*  Tropic Thunder, for instance! Want to support the show more directly and chuck in a buck?  Buy Me a Coffee Don't use Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any of those other platforms?  The show is always free on our website.   :) ***SPECIAL THANKS TO THESE FOLKS WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS DUMB SHOW***Russ Tafari.  @russ_tafari  and check out Russ Tafari Music Lamplighter Productions for our artwork.     @lamplighter_productions_il Brad Sexton for our tunes.  Check out SUNDS Mad thanks to Dave, @wheep3d our video editor.  Check out our YouTube!Support the show

Sarah Watt, Jeremy Downing and William Chen discuss the films they watched while abroad, jet setting around the world. They discuss the following films: Lapsis (2020); Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar (2021); Bridesmaids (2011); Ocean's Eleven (2001); Game Night (2018); The Rehearsal (2022); The Lost City (2022); Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022); the Star Wars saga; Succession (2018-); Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021); and Jaws (1975).

In March the LAPSIS$ hacking group convincingly announced a breach of Okta systems, potentially exposing Okta customers to additional compromise. Despite Okta's initial statements to the contrary, it ultimately turned out that up to 366 Okta customers may be affected. Our hosts walk through the events of the attack, how it unfolded over time, and how this breach was revealed.

Highs and lows of the year. Sarah Watt, Jeremy Downing and William Chen discuss their highlight films of 2021, including their biggest surprises, disappointments, wildcards, recommendations, runner-ups for the best film/television of the year and then each person's top pick. Here are the films discussed: • Biggest surprise: Werewolves Within [William]; Annette [Sarah]; and WandaVision [Jeremy] • Disappointment: Titane [Sarah & William]; Ted Lasso - Season 2 [William]; and No Time To Die [Jeremy] • Wildcard: Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar [Jeremy]; Slamilton [William]; and Class Action Park [Sarah]. • Recommendations: Reservation Dogs [William]; The Leftovers (2014-2017) & The White Lotus [Jeremy]; and Lapsis (2020) [Sarah]. • Runner-up films for the top spot: F9: The Fast Saga, Last Night In Soho, The Green Knight, VHS: 1994, The Suicide Squad & Pig [William]; Collective & Coming Home In the Dark [Sarah]; and In the Heights [Jeremy]. • Film/television series of the year: The Father [Sarah]; Arcane [William]; and Dune [Jeremy]. We had not consensus around our picks this year, so there is no overall Cinema in Context film of the year. We also talked about and mentioned these films throughout the episode: The Thing (1986), Hateful Eight (2015), Clue (1985), Raw (2016), Donnie Darko (2001), Southland Tales (2006), Drive (2011), Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021), Game of Thrones (2011-2019), Rick and Morty (2013-), Casablanca (1942), A Clockwork Orange (1971), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962), Space Jam (1996), 21 Jump Street (2012), 22 Jump Street (2014), Men In Black (1997), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The Peacemaker (1997), The Last Duel (2021), The French Dispatch (2021), The Little Mermaid (1989), Toy Story (1995), Paperman (2012), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001), Resident Evil (2002), Super Mario Bros. (1993), Apocalypse Now (1979), House of Gucci (2021), All The Money In The World (2017), Hannibal (2001), The Matrix: Resurrections (2021), The Batman (2022), The Power of Dog (2021), Encanto (2021), Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), West Side Story (2021), The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) and Othello (1951).

Review of the film The Addams Family 2. Reviews of the Sky Cinema films Voyagers & No Sudden Move. Reviews of the streaming films Giddy Stratospheres & Lapsis. Review of the Netflix film There's Someone Inside Your House.DIRECT LINK

Shane Adam Basset with part 2 of David Arquette interview. Discussions of 'Diana the Musical', 'Squid Game', 'The Guilty', 'Lapsis', and a new 'Trainspotting' universe series.

En este episodio hablamos de la extraña LAPSIS, también de dos de Netflix: WORTH y PREY, además la clase B de terror BLOOD BORN y seguimos con los cortometrajes ganadores del Oscar. 

Clint and Ken start their latest cinemeal off with a fresh course of Whatchoo Watchin' Bout (3:45), featuring several series of Star Trek, Cryptozoo, The Chair, Free Guy and Marvel's Shang-Chi. From there it's reviews of HBO Max neo-noir Reminiscence(21:20), serial killer drama No Man of God (34:40), Neil Blomkamp's early pandemic indie Demonic (53:15) and CineTron pick Lapsis (1:03:05). Finally the boys have a run-in with the CineTron-3000 (1:20:40), whose AI rears its head once again.

Flo und Martin geben weitere Empfehlungen fürs NIFFF 21 ab. (04:00) - Tonkatsu DJ Agetaro; (08:44) - Lapsis; (14:19) - The Scoundrels; (19:47) - The Feast; (25:14) - My Missing Valentine; (31:00) - Glitch in the Matrix.

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle another bumper crop of new releases, starting with four sci-fi movies: We start with OCCUPATION: RAINFALL, the 2nd instalment of the Australian alien invasion franchise which a mixture of bitter grit and big flashy fx set-pieces. We follow this with another big-budget sci-fi movie, THE TOMORROW WAR starring Chris Pratt - this one is currently available to watch on Amazon Prime. Our third sci-fi movie is LAPSIS, an off-kilter look at the plight of workers who are part of enabling a new level of technology. Then it is off to a post-apocalyptic future in MOLLY, a sequel of sorts to a film we covered way back in episode 95 called Kill Mode. Molly features a 30 minute fight sequence made up of long takes as its finale. Meanwhile our next film goes even further. CRAZY SAMURAI: 400 vs 1 sees real-life samurai Musashi Miyamoto (Tak Sakaguchi) enter into a 77minute one-shot, unedited fight scene against 400 angry warriors!  THE SOUL COLLECTOR (aka 8) is the first of three horror films discussed in this episode, a folk horror film set in South Africa. This is followed by the atmospheric THE DARK AND THE WICKED where supernatural shenanigans occur around a rural farm. Finally, we discuss WITCH HUNT, a film which it is fair to say took all of us by surprise! Our Short Shot this week is THE RETURN OF DR BEES, from animator Harry Partridge. We highly recommend you also check out his other DR Bees shorts, DR BEES and #CHANGETHEBEES! And finally...in our DTV Throwback we stand around and gawp at COLLISION, in which a clean-shaven Frank Grillo and his femme fatale wife get caught up in a traffic accident in the Moroccan  desert! This is available on Amazon Prime but be warned there are key moments missing subtitles! Follow the Short Shots TWITTER page, where we will be linking to a short film every day!  Don't forget to also check out our main show, the DTV DIGEST on TWITTER and FACEBOOK!    

Britnee, James, Brandon, and Hanna discuss their favorite new releases from the first half of 2021, starting with Bo Burnham's genre-defying Netflix special Inside. https://swampflix.com/features/the-swampflix-canon/ 00:00 Welcome 03:00 The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021) 05:33 Shadow in the Cloud (2021) 06:30 Willy's Wonderland (2021) 10:13 Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) 14:55 Gattaca (1997) 16:22 Rent (2005) 17:17 The Mummy (1999) 19:50 2021 Releases currently streaming 35:10 Bo Burnham: Inside (2021) 1:07:07 Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021) 1:29:05 Lapsis (2021) 1:54:00 Saint Maud (2021)

Hans Petrovic and guests review three films currently showing in Christchurch

In which we get lost in this cruel world. With special guest Felix Hubble!

Movies First with Alex FirstEpisode 913Answering the big question...should I see this movie? Lapsis (Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi)Struggling to support himself and his ailing younger brother, delivery man Ray takes a strange job in a strange new realm of the gig economy.DirectorNoah HuttonWriterNoah HuttonStarsDean Imperial * Madeline Wise * Babe Howard- IMDbTrailer: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi1951056153?playlistId=tt11540272&ref_=tt_ov_vi  Movies First RSS feed: https://rss.acast.com/moviesfirst Stream podcast episodes on demand from https://www.bitesz.com/show/movies-first-reviews/   (mobile friendly).  For more from Alex visit our new website:  https://moviesfirstpodcast.com    Subscribe, rate and review Movies First at all good podcatcher apps, including Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, CastBox.FM, Podbean, Spreaker, etc. For more, follow Movies First on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube : Facebook - @moviesfirst Twitter - @MoviesFirst YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCatJQHaVabIvzCLqO16XvSQ    If you're enjoying Movies First, please share and tell your friends. Your support would be appreciated...thank you. #movies #cinema #entertainment #podcast #reviews #moviesfirst    See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dream Horse  The true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely racehorse bred by small-town bartender Jan Vokes. With very little money and no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream and compete with the racing elites. Their investment pays off as Dream rises through the ranks and becomes a beacon of hope for their struggling community. (Toni Collette and Damian Lewis)  Lapsis  In a parallel present, delivery man Ray Tincelli takes a job in the gig economy. He begins pulling cable to link together the new quantum trading market. LISTEN ABOVE

The director of TV hit Unorthodox has a new rom-com about a soulful android screening here as part of the German Film Festival, she speaks to us about the film. Creator of the Al Pacino led series Hunters on his new sci-fi show for Amazon, and the director of Lapsis, a charming indie set in the gig economy in a near future New York.

The director of TV hit Unorthodox has a new rom-com about a soulful android screening here as part of the German Film Festival, she speaks to us about the film. Creator of the Al Pacino led series Hunters on his new sci-fi show for Amazon, and the director of Lapsis, a charming indie set in the gig economy in a near future New York.

The director of TV hit Unorthodox has a new rom-com about a soulful android screening here as part of the German Film Festival, she speaks to us about the film. Creator of the Al Pacino led series Hunters on his new sci-fi show for Amazon, and the director of Lapsis, a charming indie set in the gig economy in a near future New York.

The director of TV hit Unorthodox has a new rom-com about a soulful android screening here as part of the German Film Festival, she speaks to us about the film. Creator of the Al Pacino led series Hunters on his new sci-fi show for Amazon, and the director of Lapsis, a charming indie set in the gig economy in a near future New York.

The director of TV hit Unorthodox has a new rom-com about a soulful android screening here as part of the German Film Festival, she speaks to us about the film. Creator of the Al Pacino led series Hunters on his new sci-fi show for Amazon, and the director of Lapsis, a charming indie set in the gig economy in a near future New York.

Alex reckons Cruella is over the top camp, Lapsis is captivating satire, and Caveat a dark contemporary gothic accomplishment.

Best Movies + Best TV shows + Some hype for the future from both Daniel and Steve. Featuring great things like Small Axe. Normal People, Lapsis, and more... For more news about the podcast visit the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/rodanepodcast You can follow our Youtube channel as well: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWTtlvh_GQFezWdi3_hbZOg --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stefan-secara/message

Meet A.G. Slatter (Angela Slatter), author of 'All the Murmuring Bones'. You'll discover top tips on how to become a best-selling author and learn what's coming up for A.L. Tait. Plus, there are 10x double passes to LAPSIS to give away. Read the show notes Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new chapter from the Saw franchise is under scrutiny in this week's double feature. Leigh and Tim delve into Spiral From The Book of Saw – starring Chris Rock as a detective confronted with a familiar killer – as well as Gillian Wallace Horvat's quirky and clever independent feature I Blame Society. Plus, Regina King is set to direct a superhero flick with a twist; there are new trailers from Venom: Let There Be Carnage and The Green Knight; and your chance to win movie tickets

Poprika host Seed reviews indie sci-fi thriller Lapsis, directed by Noah Hutton.

Comrades Andrea, Kali, Luke, and Nick join the show to discuss the film Lapsis, from writer/director Noah Hutton. In a parallel present, delivery man Ray Tincelli takes a job in the gig economy. He begins pulling cable to link together the new quantum trading market. We talk about the film's realistic depiction of working in the gig economy and the power of organizing against it, the tactic of sabotage, and how capitalism is a ponzi scheme that keeps us sick and pits automation against the toiling masses and natural environment. Thanks to Taylor Hess, film producer for making it possible for us to have this discussion, and director Noah Hutton for allowing us to screen the movie! You can find Lapsis online for rent at vudu.com and Laborwave Radio highly recommends it for you and all your friends. Please support Laborwave Radio by subscribing to our patreon at patreon.com/laborwave We have gifts depending on the tier you join, and exclusive access to our archives and Discord server. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, it helps our content reach new listeners. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/laborwave-radio/id1536697871

Lapsis is a 2020 movie from Noah Hutton that takes on the gig work economy. It is timely and dark. There are many ideas in Lapsis and we picked out labour organizing and monopolies. We cannot recommend you seeing this movie strongly enough. The post Lapsis: The Amazon Warehouse but for Walking appeared first on Androids and Assets.

Lapsis is a 2020 movie from Noah Hutton that takes on the gig work economy. It is timely and dark. There are many ideas in Lapsis and we picked out labour organizing and monopolies. We cannot recommend you seeing this movie strongly enough. The post Lapsis: The Amazon Warehouse but for Walking appeared first on Androids and Assets.

On today's Union City Radio pod extra episode, we bring you the latest edition of a brand new podcast hosted by Chris Garlock, director of the DC Labor FilmFest, and Elise Bryant, Executive Director of the Labor Heritage Foundation. If you like movies and are interested in the labor movement, Labor Goes to the Movies provides an entertaining chance to hang out with Chris and Elise as they kick back and talk about their favorite films and chat with guests about work and workers on the silver screen. Click here to subscribe or find LGTTM on your favorite podcast app. On today's episode, Elise and Chris discuss films from the DC Labor Filmfest Spring Screening Series with Andrea Arenas, Communications & Policy Coordinator for the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, and co-host of the El Desvio podcast (She'll be doing the Q&A for IDENTIFYING FEATURES [SIN SEÑAS PARTICULARES] on Wednesday, March 31). They're also joined by labor journalist Sarah Jaffe, author of Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted and Alone. Sarah also cohosts the terrific Belabored podcast (she's doing the Q&A for LAPSIS Wed, April 7; 7:00 p.m. ET). They talk about their first movies, about the things they're missing from being stuck watching movies at home during the pandemic, and they even have some tips on how to watch scary movies. Grab your popcorn, sit back and relax, and enjoy the show! Includes clips from Chaplin's Modern Times, King Kong (1933), and trailers for Identifying Features and Lapsis. Produced by Chris Garlock. 

In this episode host Kevin Gustafson talks with Noah Hutton, the writer, director, editor and score composer of the new film Lapsis. Lapsis was selected to premiere at SXSW in the narrative feature competition and has since won the grand jury prize at BIFAN in South Korea. At its core, the film is political, both […]

Q&A with writer/director Noah Hutton on his new film, Lapsis. Moderated by Mara Webster, In Creative Company. In a parallel present, delivery man Ray Tincelli takes a job in the gig economy. He begins pulling cable to link together the new quantum trading market.

Bonus Episode: Interview with Noah Hutton, the director of the Gig economy based movie Lapsis.  Jesper and I had an incredible time talking with Noah The movie comes out on February 12th on all VOD platforms and in some theaters. Check local listings in your area. Movie Trailer Movie Website LAPSIS PRESS NOTES   Original sci-fi world with timely political themes: The film imagines a gig economy organized around a boom in quantum computing where predatory corporate forces threaten everyday workers tasked with the work needed to lay this new quantum infrastructure in rural areas. This work takes the form of laying cable through huge swaths of forests, connecting massive cubic transistors. The film portrays human laborers who are forced to work without basic protections and are often robbed of their routes by automated cabling robots. These themes are central to some of the political discourse surrounding the 2020 presidential campaign, raised by Andrew Yang and others, about the threat of automation and the issues faced by gig economy laborers around the world. They are also part of the growing awareness of the exploitation of workers subcontracted by big tech giants like Amazon, kept on timers and forced to sacrifice basic physical comforts in order to compete for their paychecks.   A twist on the sci-fi genre: Lapsis is a genre film, using sci-fi in similar ways to shows like Black Mirror. But instead of focusing on a glitzy, high tech, white-collar world like so many other sci-fi films and shows do, Lapsis is blue-collar sci-fi. It's a gritty story of the messy exploitative underbelly that tech companies often rely on to uphold their glossy facades.   Noah Hutton as first-time narrative director, bringing this world into focus: Noah wrote the original screenplay for Lapsis and rounded up a team of collaborators to make the world of the film come to life in upstate New York last summer. His vision included an army of automated robots, so he sought out a robotics lab at UPenn that had just the right solution for Lapsis. Working on a tight schedule with a diverse cast of over forty speaking parts, the weather gods cooperated and the film was shot in twenty-six days.   Noah Hutton as writer, director, composer, AND editor: Noah is a swiss army knife of talents. Directly after production wrapped, Noah started editing and scoring Lapsis. Noah has scored all his films, including his shorts, his previous two documentary features, and his upcoming documentary feature presented by Sandbox Films, In Silico.   A personal film: The ailing younger brother storyline is personal and autobiographical for Noah, and so the decision to cast his real-life brother, Babe Howard, as the younger brother character, Jamie, helped to ground the character building in authenticity and elevate the story's stakes.   The making of the film mirrored the message of the film: Director Noah Hutton distributed a production handbook (which is publicly available online and open-source), adapted from the lab handbook of CLEAR, a queer, feminist, radical ocean plastics lab in Newfoundland that Hutton previously made a short documentary about for The Atlantic. On the set of Lapsis, the production handbook enforced a set of policies meant to increase the equity amongst members of the crew. This included sharp policies on sexual harassment, no unpaid labor, and building in all full-time crew to the backend profit structure of the film.   Diverse cast: Cast featured over 40 speak

Noah Hutton is the Writer and Director of Lapsis, a science fiction movie I had the privilege of seeing at Denver Film Festival 2020 (#DFF43). It’s described thusly on the film’s website: In a parallel present, delivery man Ray Tincelli is struggling to support himself and his ailing younger brother. After a series of two-bit...

Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, il più importante evento italiano dedicato all'esplorazione della fantascienza e del futuro in programma dal 29 ottobre al 3 novembre, per la prima volta arriva sul web. Quest'anno l'evento avrà luogo nella Sala Web di MYmovies, sito leader in Italia nell'informazione cinematografica. Al suo debutto sul web il Festival propone una selezione del meglio della fantascienza del 2020 con anteprime e prime visioni in esclusiva: 19 lungometraggi, documentari scientifici, una serie televisiva completa e 4 programmi di corti (il meglio dall'Italia, dall'Europa e dal mondo intero). Alla scoperta dei nuovi talenti e delle idee più visionarie, di viaggi fantastici e avventure spaziali, con film provenienti da ogni parte del globo terrestre ed extraterrestre! Il festival triestino vuole sollecitare un autentico binge-watching agli appassionati di fantascienza con proposte inedite provenienti da Australia, Gran Bretagna, Irlanda, Russia, Italia, Argentina, Francia, Norvegia, Ungheria, Austria, Lussemburgo, Belgio, Lituania, Spagna e naturalmente USA. Dalla Corea, in esclusiva assoluta per il pubblico del Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, arriva la serie SF8, già definita la risposta asiatica a Black Mirror, con otto episodi girati dai migliori registi di genere coreani, tra cui Jang Cheol-soo (Bedeviled) e Min Kyu-dong (Memento Mori), qui alle prese con i temi dell'intelligenza artificiale, della realtà aumentata, della realtà virtuale e del mondo dei robot. Tra i film che saranno disponibili anche online vedremo Yummy di Lars Damoiseaux, uno splatter divertente e pazzoide ispirato dalla saga de La casa di Sam Raimi e alle commedie horror di Peter Jackson; l'avvincente Coma di Nikita Argunov (distribuito in Italia da Blue Swan Entertainment), sci-fi russo lisergico e visionario tra mondi paralleli dove le leggi della fisica svaniscono; The Relic di Natalie Erika James, uno degli horror più acclamati dell'anno, che rinnova con originalità il filone delle case infestate, dalla terra di Babadook e Picnic a Hanging Rock; un film sci-fi a bassissimo budget che diventerà ben presto un autentico cult, Dune Drifter di Marc Price, dichiarato omaggio all'universo di Star Trek e alle escursioni nella fantascienza di Roger Corman; l'adrenalinico The Blackout di Egor Baranov, sempre dalla Russia e distribuito da Minerva Pictures, un'esplosione di fantascienza pura, dove l'ultimo avamposto dell'umanità è chiamato a resistere per la salvezza del nostro pianeta; il film sci-fi eco-futurista 2067 di Seth Larney, distribuito da Koch Media e con Kodi Smit-McPhee (il popolare Nightcrawler della saga degli X-men) che interpreta un giovane astronauta del tempo, mandato nel futuro per impedire una catastrofe ambientale. Tra i titoli già annunciati e disponibili anche sulla piattaforma online di MYmovies ricordiamo Skylin3s di Liam O'Donnell, terzo capitolo della fortunata saga sci-fi e che sarà il film di apertura del festival online, Jumbo di Zoé Wittock, opera dolce e surreale con Noémi Merlant (già protagonista dell'acclamato Ritratto della giovane in fiamme) e miglior film Generation 14Plus alla Berlinale 2020, Lapsis di Noah Hutton, una brillante satira politica sulla gig economy ambientata in un futuro prossimo, Mortal di André Øvredal, storia di supereroi che non rispetta le regole convenzionali del genere e porta la sfida europea alle produzioni Marvel e DC, Post Mortem di Péter Bergendy, una storia di fantasmi ambientata nell'Ungheria devastata dalla prima guerra mondiale. Spazio anche ai documentari con Coded Bias di Shalini Kantayya, opera che analizza i pregiudizi degli algoritmi e dei supercomputer, in una sorta di Minority Report nella nostra realtà, per riflettere sulla società del presente (e del futuro), sempre più condizionata dall'intelligenza artificiale. Per maggiori informazioni sciencefictionfestival.org A presentare ai nostri microfoni il Trieste Science+Fiction Festival il direttore Dan...