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 ...

Still, generative A.I. has been making its way into more and more ostensibly nonfiction films, with varying degrees of transparency. The Oscar-winning director Morgan Neville gave no indication that ...

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

The current political climate in the world today has me thinking about the books of George Orwell, especially Nineteen Eighty ...

George Orwell is a widely read and taught dystopian novel, dealing heavily with themes of censorship and government ...

George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984,” first published in 1949, anticipated our present moment all too well. As part of Winston Smith’s harrowing “re-education” process at the euphemistically named ...

Animal Farm and 1984 will both be published in Welsh for the first time.

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.

August 2025 marked the 80th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Just a month after the attacks ...

Try this quiz about the bookish influences on Homer Simpson, Kate Bush and others to see how many connections you know. By J. D. Biersdorfer His novel “1984” captured the tactics of totalitarianism ...

George Orwell, edited by Peter Davison, intro. by Christopher Hitchens. Norton/Liveright, $39.95 (608p) ISBN 978-0-871-40410-7 Reviewed by David Brooks. George Orwell has become a literary saint ...