RD RECOMMENDS

HUMANS IN THE LOOP

- By Aditya Mani Jha

In theatres on 5 September

Inspired by a 2022 long-form article by journalist Karishma Mehrotra, Aranya Sahay's Humans in the Loop premiered at the 2024 MAMI (Mumbai Academy of Moving Image) film festival. The film follows an Adivasi woman called Nehma (Sonal Madhushankar) living in a Jharkhand village, who ends up working as a data labeller to train Al models—her job is to label objects seen in photos and videos, thereby helping the AI understand, process and classify. A divorced mother of two, Nehma finds new lease of life through her work, where she also confronts the inherent biases built into AI-based systems. The film has received considerable acclaim on the festival circuit, and is a very timely release, given the pace with which AI is taking over several realms of human endeavour.

THE ROSES

In theatres on 29 August

A remake of the 1981 black comedy The War of the Roses starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, Jay Roach's latest directorial venture follows a wealthy couple, Theo and Ivy (Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman), with a seemingly perfect marriage. Over the tumultuous three years it takes to build their dream house, the well-concealed cracks in their relationship begin to emerge. Theo and Ivy bicker over material possessions, their arguments getting sillier and sillier by the day. Their descent into peak pettiness is unwittingly accelerated by the couple's friend Barry (Andy Samberg) who also happens to be Theo's divorce lawyer. If you like sit-coms where chaos reigns and terrible people engage in relentless one-upmanship, look no further than The Roses.

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