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WALL-E’s Hick Town Wasteland

  By Matt Levine January 13, 2023 January 13, 2023 Into the 21st-Century Dystopia
A robot in outer space propels itself using a fire extinguisher while a white robot flies next to him. A large spaceship is visible in the background.

|MH Rowe| Is WALL-E (2008), the dystopian frolic of a film celebrated for its cleverly desolated planet Earth, its jokes aimed at adults, and its lonely robot protagonist, really a movie for kids? Of course it is. There’s the all-ages slapstick for one thing. Our titular hero, WALL-E, has a job… Continue reading

Tagged   animation, dystopia, WALL-E

Children of Men: A Cautionary Tale

  By Matt Levine December 30, 2022 December 30, 2022 Into the 21st-Century Dystopia
A graphic of a man wearing a dark shirt (Clive Owen from the film Children of Men) with text reading "a cautionary tale" covering his eyes and red imagery of New York Times articles and protest signs in the background. At the top is text reading "Children of Men"; at the bottom is the logo for the Trylon Cinema.

|Justin Ayd| In a grim, not-so-distant future in which the world’s population has suffered generations of infertility, a former activist reluctantly agrees to transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea. Looking back on humanity’s long and broad history… Continue reading

Tagged   Alfonso Cuaron, dystopia, science fiction
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