Ghost in the Shell

Presented by sQecial Media and The Kentucky Theatre

Violent, pretty, and philosophical, director Mamoru Oshii's 1995 futuristic neo-noir anime is set in fictional New Port City, Japan. The film gathered a cult following and has inspired directors such as the Wachowskis, exploring questions of consciousness that have perhaps even more relevance today with the rise of AI.

In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.