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MovieWeb readers who love sci-fi movies will be thrilled to hear that we're hosting an exclusive, free screening of Hot Spot. Catch it before general release. In an era where so many cinematic releases require lore homework before stepping into the cinema, Hot Spot offers a refreshing alternative while providing an equally exciting movie-going experience.Allow yourself to enter a dream-like state and enjoy this genre-bending wild ride!But don't just take my word for it; claim your free ticket now and check out Hot Spot for yourself at our screening in Los Angeles. Make sure you're available on the required date, though.
If, for whatever reason, you're still on the fence, check out what director Agnieszka Smoczyńska has to say about what you're in for with Hot Spot:
Hot Spot is a playful homage to sci-fi cinema, but it is also about all of the fears we feel but cannot name. A wild genre-bending ride set in a near-future society ruled by sentient A.I., the film follows a private
eye investigating a murder case only to discover a rebel group capable of undermining the digital overlord. As the detective's identity slowly unravels, his world enters a state of hypnotic meltdown.
My goal was to describe the DNA of our present — and to touch upon our current fears, in a world where advanced technology is very close to witchcraft. A.I., climate change, war and global unrest — they all make us fearful, and they all seem "too big for words.”
When Robert Bolesto first wrote the script, which was about five years ago, A.I. was still sci-fi, we were very far from first even hearing about ChatGPT. And yet something was in the air, some anxiety and premonition about our loss of control. About us humans realizing that as we've already allowed so much digital presence into our lives, it is bound to take control away from us. The whole film is about that loss of control — about its horror, but perhaps strangely, also about its beauty.
On the surface, Hot Spot is a cop movie set in the dystopia of the future. There is a cop, there is a murder, and there is new technology that puts all reality under constant surveillance...and yet Hot Spot isn't about following the plot. It's about immersion and dreaming.
As you watch Hot Spot, don’t use the logic you are used to using. Allow yourself to experience it, to take part in a shared dream. Hot Spot shows a world where we can’t hear our own thoughts anymore. We all yearn for some solitude.
How To Claim Your Free Ticket for MovieWeb's 'Hot Spot' Screening
If you're available on Aug. 18, 2026, at 7 pm PDT, and you can make it to AMC Century City in Los Angeles, Screen 11, then we invite you to claim your free ticket to our advance Hot Spot screening. With just 117 seats available, you'll need to act quickly if you plan to attend. The limited availability means that attempting to claim a ticket doesn't necessarily mean there'll be space for you. Please wait for the confirmation email from MovieWeb before making plans to head to the screening in LA.
The email will contain other details such as exactly when you can arrive, and other information to help your experience at the screening go as smoothly and as enjoyably as possible. Due to the expected high demand, the claiming system operates on a first-come, first-served basis. Once the tickets are all claimed, there will unfortunately be no more made available. Check-in is at 6 pm, and Hot Spot begins promptly at 7 pm. Personally, if I lived near LA, I would be all over this opportunity. A free sci-fi movie screening from outside Hollywood's core studios? Sign me up.
