Continuum vs Bicycle Thieves

Continuum is a gritty, politically charged sci-fi series about a detective from a corporate-controlled future who is accidentally sent back to present-day Vancouver. She must hunt down a group of terrorists who also traveled back in time, all while trying to prevent the future she knows from coming to pass. The show is excellent at exploring the morality of both the 'terrorists' and the 'authoriti...

Vittorio De Sicas 1948 film is the heart and soul of Italian Neorealism. Set in the ruins of post-WWII Rome, it tells the simple, heartbreaking story of a man whose bicycleessential for his jobis stolen. His desperate search with his young son serves as a devastating critique of a society that has abandoned its most vulnerable. The films power lies in its simplicity, its use of non-professional ac...