“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” As soon as you read these opening words of George Orwell’s classic 1949 novel “1984” you know something is wrong. You can’t ...

A scene from '1984,' Michael Radford's 1984 film adaptation of the 1949 George Orwell novel. (Umbrella-Rosenblum Films) George Orwell's "1984" became a best-seller once again in January 2017, right ...

Big Brother, the all-seeing dictator in 1984, as seen in the film version of the novel released in 1984 starring John Hurt as Winston Smith - Collection Christophel/Alamy Stock Photo George Orwell’s ...

A new film argues that, in an era of rising authoritarianism, audiences have become too numb to the speculative force of ...

It’s pointless to draw too many analogies between the themes of "1984" and the zeitgeist of any given day - including today but George Orwell’s novel - in all its incarnations - has always seemed ...

More than 180 art houses in North America and Europe have scheduled April 4 showings of “1984,” the dystopian drama starring John Hurt and Richard Burton. “1984” director Michael Radford has agreed to ...

White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway‘s suggestion on last Sunday’s Meet the Press that the Trump Administration was offering “alternative facts” in its estimations of crowd sizes at last week’s ...

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