A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

This strikingly timely sci-fi classic, conceived by Stanley Kubrick and brought to completion by Steven Spielberg, offers a captivating glimpse into the future, asking: what if AI could love?

In a post-apocalyptic world where robotics have reached their peak, human-like mechanical companions are designed to satisfy every desire – including love. David, the first boy-robot of his kind, embarks on a Pinocchio-inspired odyssey to become “a real boy” and regain his mother’s affection, navigating a world of human cruelty and mechanical indifference. With its retro-futurist sheen, bursts of unpredictable action, and lingering existential melancholy, A.I. Artificial Intelligence resonates two decades on with renewed urgency. In an era obsessed with artificiality and technologically mediated intimacy, the film invites reflection on not only what it means to be human, but what it truly means to love.

– Saulė Savanevičiūtė