"What does a scanner see?" a character muses toward the end of "A Scanner Darkly." Whatever the answer is, audiences may find there's less than meets the eye in Richard Linklater's adaptation of ...

In the sci-fi thriller "A Scanner Darkly," the main character, played by Keanu Reeves, appears as a hazy, shape-shifting mass of ever-changing skin tones and features. A reluctant undercover drug ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Another Philip K. Dick story has been adapted for the screen, and this time it’s by one of ...

?A Scanner Darkly? is a film that is groundbreaking not only in its supremely original animation style, but also in its political and social commentary. Based on a Philip K. Dick novel written in 1977 ...

It is a relatively quiet weekend for new movies in theaters. With a number of current specialty releases already vying for moviegoers, just a couple of new titles will join the fray. Among the highest ...

NEW YORK — With rotoscoping, anything can be made animated, even Keanu Reeves. It is this tracing animation that director Richard Linklater has again turned to — just as he did for his dreamy 2001 ...

Richard Linklater returns to the animated aesthetic of Waking Life for this adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s dystopian SF novel about slacker drug addicts and double agents in the Orange County of the ...

A Scanner Darkly is set in suburban Orange County, California in a future where America has lost the war on drugs. When one reluctant undercover cop is ordered to start spying on his friends, he is ...

It’s not about money, power, privilege or awards. It’s not even about sex. Total Film’s first annual ‘hot’ list is your exclusive insider’s guide to the trailblazers and talent who will shake movies ...