George Orwell's writings warning of the dangers of totalitarian and authoritarian states gave the English language the term ...

A brand new documentary from director Raoul Peck and producer Alex Gibney is a timely film centered around the writings and warnings of author George Orwell. It warns the “newspeak” of authoritarian ...

From their first time reading Orwell's "1984" to what the term "Orwellian" means, five authors share thoughts on censorship ...

The film is too interested in the brutality of totalitarianism to fully explore Orwell's great theme: the sinister unreality ...

In an interview, Raoul Peck explains why he interspersed the writer’s story with footage of current events, including footage ...

His novel “1984” captured the tactics of totalitarianism back in 1949. A startling new documentary from Raoul Peck looks at Orwell’s life. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an ...

EXCLUSIVE: It’s been more than 75 years since George Orwell published his classic 1984, a crucial novel that introduced the world to Big Brother, Thought Police and “Newspeak.” Never has Orwell’s ...

In the last months of his life, writer George Orwell used the final embers of his energy to complete a novel that would become a classic of 20 th century literature: 1984. More than 75 years after its ...

In writing he did before his most famous novels, Orwell focused primarily on other themes including work, poverty, anti-imperialism and democratic socialism. zoom-zoom, iStock/Getty Images Plus George ...

Filmmaker Raoul Peck uses George Orwell’s writings to weave together a biographical ... like Robert Kane Pappas’s 2003 warning “Orwell Rolls in His Grave,” and news footage from World War II through ...