Ad Astra - a dystopian view of the Cosmos

There may be no intelligent life out there - if there is, it may be avoiding us

Brad Pitt as Roy McBride in Ad Astra, a harrowing and ultimately sad end to the quest for alien life.

In an era when science fiction cinema is often little more than a glossy delivery system for first contact fantasies, Ad Astra arrives as something colder, quieter and rather more disquieting. Released in 2019 and directed by James Gray, it is less conce…