Reading Orwellian novels and watching Black Mirror used to be an entertaining form of escapism. But nowadays, these kinds of ...

Dystopian films like Blade Runner 2049 and Children of Men are driven by powerful acting and lasting ideas.

“Dystopian” TV may seem ubiquitous, but not all dystopias look the same. We asked the creatives behind several series — totalitarian, postapocalyptic or both — to explain how they bring the term to ...

The New Scientist Book Club's February read is Tim Winton's novel Juice, set in a future Australia that is so hot it is almost unliveable. Here, the author lays out his reasons for writing it – and wh ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about TV shows, movies, video games, entertainment & culture. In the opening moments of Children Of Men, a man walks into ...

In the future, only 3% of the population is accepted into the Offshore, an alleged utopia reserved for the best of the best.

Out of twisted obsession or maybe cautionary fascination, I read a lot of dystopian novels. As a genre, these novels are generally formulaic. A series of environmental and ecological disasters catch ...

Trump has managed to dominate the new channels and media that define communication in the 21st century, spreading his message like wildfire ...

For those who turn to film in times of apparent global catastrophe, Francis Lawrence, director of the “Hunger Games” franchise, has just the movie for you: “The Long Walk.” As an adaptation of the ...