Free Showing - Children of Men - Wed. Nov. 19

7 PM Carolina Theatre
Childen of Men (R)

New York Times Film Review:

The end is nigh in “Children of Men,” the superbly directed political thriller by Alfonso Cuarón about a nervously plausible future. It’s 2027, and the human race is approaching the terminus of its long goodbye. Cities across the globe are in flames, and the “siege of Seattle” has entered Day 1,000. In a permanent war zone called Britain, smoke pours into the air as illegal immigrants are swept into detainment camps. Read entire review

Free Showing - 1984 Wed. Nov. 12

1984 (R)

New York Times Film Review

The time is a mythical 1984 and the place London, the capital of that part of Oceania known as Airstrip One. Winston Smith (John Hurt) is 39, but he has the skinny, wizened look of a perpetually chilled, undernourished child, whose face is that of an old man. He lives alone in a drab one- room flat furnished with a cot, a table and a chair, all dominated by a giant television screen, which monitors him even as he is monitoring it. Read entire review

Exploring Dystopian Thought

In honor of the upcoming "Big Brother, Little Sister" Voices Film Series events, here are some useful links for exploring the dystopian tradition:


Websites

Exploring Dystopia

Dystopia


Articles

"The Best Future Dystopias Where the Liberals Have Won"

"The Best Future Dystopias Where the Conservatives Have Won"

"Economic Dystopia: The Greatest Depressions and Economic Recoveries of Science Fiction"

"O Big Brother, Where Art Thou?"

"Paradise Is a Lie: A History of False Utopias"


Media

Epic 2015

Fall Screenings: Big Brother Little Sister

Free Films This Nov.

1984 (R)
Wed. Nov. 12 7 PM
Belk Centrum Lenoir Rhyne University
*Convo Credit for LR students

Children of Men (R)
Wed. Nov. 19 7 PM
Carolina Theatre Downtown Hickory
Discussion to follow film

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