Apr 28, 2022
This week, we’re diving into the absurdity and challenges of finding the right work/life balance in a dystopian world. We’ll be exploring Terry Gilliam's Brazil (1985), a film that delves into the nightmarish bureaucracy of a dystopian society, and Alex Cox's Repo Man (1984), which mixes punk rock attitude with a...
Apr 21, 2022
This week, we’re joined by top genre journalists and hosts of the sci-fi podcast Robby The Robot's Waiting—Richard Edwards, Dave Bradley, and Tanavi Patel. Together, we dive into the dystopian visions of American cities depicted in John Carpenter's Escape From New York (1981) and Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049...
Apr 14, 2022
This week, it's a bad night to be in a dystopia as we dive into The Warriors (1979) and The Purge (2013).
The Warriors takes us through a night of survival as a gang must make their way across a hostile New York City, while The Purge explores a society where all crime is legal for one terrifying night each year.
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Apr 7, 2022
This week, we’re offering a bit of respite from the bleak dystopian worlds we’ve been exploring by adding a dose of comedy into the mix.
Join us as we discuss Sleeper (1973), Woody Allen's sci-fi comedy where a man wakes up 200 years in the future to a bizarre, totalitarian world, and Idiocracy (2006), Mike Judge's...