'Artificial' Review: Yura Borisov and Andrew Garfield Fight and Flirt Over the Fate of Our Technological Future

"Artificial" arrives with such capital-"I" importance in this moment of anxiety over artificial intelligence that there is a version of the film that could have soared on the strength of its message alone, craft be damned. Thankfully though, Luca Guadagnino is not content to eulogize us without a sense of style. The film covers two decades worth of ground around the advancement of machine-learning research, charting the rise of OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman, and while it can feel ungracefully didactic at moments, it deserves adulation for being unapologetically clear about its . . .