dystopia – Perisphere

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

Children of Men: A Cautionary Tale

By Matt Levine December 30, 2022 December 30, 2022 Into the 21st-Century Dystopia

|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