The Circle

The Circle (2017) is a sci-fi thriller from director James Ponsoldt you can watch online on iFILM. Emma Watson joins a tech giant where privacy no longer exists.

Mae lands her dream job at the world's most powerful internet company. The Circle sells a transparent society: one account for everything, cameras everywhere, nothing hidden. Charismatic founder Eamon Bailey (Tom Hanks) makes it all sound like progress, and Mae becomes the smiling face of total surveillance. The higher she climbs, the clearer the cost grows, as the line between public and private collapses and people around her start to break. John Boyega, Karen Gillan and Bill Paxton fill out the cast.

Adapted from Dave Eggers' novel, the film prods at how easily we trade privacy for convenience and likes. Hanks plays the friendly face of corporate power, which lands harder than any obvious villain. Stream The Circle (2017) online on iFILM.