<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Cue Mark</title><link>https://cue-mark.pages.dev/</link><description>Criticism of films and series about AI, robots and virtual relationships, written as timecoded reel logs that.</description><language>en</language><item><title>Reel Log: Her (2013) and Five Beats in a Relationship With a Voice</title><link>https://cue-mark.pages.dev/her-2013-five-reel-log-beats/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cue-mark.pages.dev/her-2013-five-reel-log-beats/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Her makes an artificial relationship convincing by giving Samantha a distinctive voice, a developing sense of timing, and a place in Theodore&#39;s everyday routines.</description></item><item><title>Double Bill: Electric Dreams (1984) and Her (2013), Two Eras of Loving an Invisible Other</title><link>https://cue-mark.pages.dev/electric-dreams-her-two-eras/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cue-mark.pages.dev/electric-dreams-her-two-eras/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Electric Dreams and Her imagine artificial companionship through two different technological environments.</description></item><item><title>Reel Log: Blade Runner 2049 and Five Stages of a Hologram in a Small Apartment</title><link>https://cue-mark.pages.dev/blade-runner-2049-joi-apartment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cue-mark.pages.dev/blade-runner-2049-joi-apartment/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Blade Runner 2049 makes Joi feel like a companion by placing a carefully constructed holographic performance inside K&#39;s cramped apartment.</description></item><item><title>Seat for the Witness: The Housemate Who Sees the Human-Robot Relationship in Humans and Real Humans</title><link>https://cue-mark.pages.dev/housemate-witness-humans-real-humans/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cue-mark.pages.dev/housemate-witness-humans-real-humans/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>In Humans and Real Humans, the people watching a human-robot relationship often reveal its tensions before the people inside it can acknowledge them.</description></item><item><title>Black Mirror&#39;s Be Right Back: The Phone Screen and the Quiet House</title><link>https://cue-mark.pages.dev/be-right-back-phone-screen-quiet-house/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cue-mark.pages.dev/be-right-back-phone-screen-quiet-house/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Black Mirror&#39;s Be Right Back turns a phone into the entrance to an artificial reconstruction of a lost partner, then gradually moves that relationship into physical space.</description></item><item><title>Screen Companions and Real Ones: How Films Portray AI Relationships and Companion Platforms Present Them</title><link>https://cue-mark.pages.dev/screen-companions-films-platform-features/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cue-mark.pages.dev/screen-companions-films-platform-features/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Movies about falling in love with AI usually build relationships through cinematic choices: a distinctive voice, a visible body, a carefully framed interface or a sequence of shared.</description></item></channel></rss>