Air travel was already bad enough. But now comes Kristi Noem with a 30-second video blaming the current government shutdown ...
The current political climate in the world today has me thinking about the books of George Orwell, especially Nineteen Eighty ...
This week, New York mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo scaled a skyscraper, drove a subway train, and moonlighted as a Broadway stagehand—or at least you might think he had if you didn’t read the fine ...
The film is too interested in the brutality of totalitarianism to fully explore Orwell's great theme: the sinister unreality of it. Yet that’s not ultimately the reason “Nineteen Eighty-Four” remains ...
A new film argues that, in an era of rising authoritarianism, audiences have become too numb to the speculative force of ...
On January 8, 2021, Donald Trump Jr. took to X (then Twitter) to declare that his father’s suspension from the platform was a sign that “We are living in Orwell’s ‘1984.’ Free speech no longer exists ...
Director Maren Maclean Mascarelli has assembled a remarkable cast in an intense retelling of Orwell's classic.
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Raoul Peck’s new documentary “Orwell: 2+2=5” reimagines George Orwell’s words for an age of alleged “fake news,” ...
In an interview, Raoul Peck explains why he interspersed the writer’s story with footage of current events, including footage of President Donald Trump and his supporters.
Raoul Peck's essay film about the creation of "1984" uses George Orwell's words and writings as a jumping-off point to chart the rise of modern fascism. On January 8, 2021, Donald Trump Jr. took to X ...
George Orwell is a widely read and taught dystopian novel, dealing heavily with themes of censorship and government ...