HamptonsFilm’s Now Showing Series Continues With ‘A Glitch In The Matrix’

HamptonsFilm’s “Now Showing” series continues this week with Magnolia Pictures’ “A Glitch in the Matrix,” directed by Rodney Ascher.

According to the film’s synopsis, “What if we are living in a simulation, and the world as we know it is not real? To tackle this mind-bending idea, acclaimed documentary filmmaker Rodney Asher uses a noted speech from Philip K. Dick to dive down the rabbit hole of science, philosophy, and conspiracy theory. Leaving no stone unturned in exploring the unprovable, the film uses contemporary cultural touchstones like “The Matrix,” interviews with real people shrouded in digital avatars, and a wide array of voices, expert, and amateur alike. If simulation theory is not science fiction but fact, and life is a video game being played by some unknowable entity, then who are we, really?”

The film can be purchased and watched privately in the HamptonsFilm Virtual Screening Room via HamptonsFilm Now Showing. The film will be available February 12 to 18.

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Jessica Mackin-Cipro is an editor and lifestyle writer from the East End of Long Island. She was previously the Executive Editor of The Independent Newspaper and co-founded James Lane Post in 2020. She has won multiple NYPA and PCLI awards for journalism, design, and social media, including the Stuart C. Dorman Award for Editorial Excellence. In 2023, she was a recipient of the President's Volunteer Service Award at the United Nations 67th Annual Commission on the Status of Women. She aims to share the stories of inspirational people and places on the East End and beyond.