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Film Review: “Orwell: 2+2=5” — Big Brother Is Here
October 11, 2025
Director Raoul Peck, like his subject George Orwell, encourages critical thinking and urges us to consider how best to resist the strengthening forces of tyranny.
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February 24, 2016
1984‘s theatrical vision of authoritarianism in action is not for the faint of heart.
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