Pioneering science fiction filmmaker George Méliès short, "Gugusse and the Automaton," was discovered in Michigan and can now ...

A newly rediscovered 1897 short by famed French filmmaker Georges Méliès is being hailed as the first-ever depiction of a robot in cinema.

Gugusse et l'Automate In the brief silent film, Méliès portrays a magician named Gugusse who is showing off an “automaton” in what looks like a proto–robot manufacturing facility. The automaton is ...

The “plot,” such as it is, is a very short, very slapstick take on The Terminator, as a man’s hubris (turning a crank to make ...

If you think I’m Not a Robot is simply science fiction that could never happen, think again. The Dutch-language short film centers on a office worker who cannot get her computer to recognize her as a ...