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Dystopia

movie review July 14, 2023

Bird Box Barcelona Doesn’t Have the Guts to Tell This StoryThe Netflix sequel is an exercise in sadism but not the good kind.

By Bilge Ebiri
video game review July 19, 2022

Stray Takes a Cat’s Eye View of Cyberpunk DystopiaThe new perspective is adorable, but only scratches the surface.

By Lewis Gordon
dystopia Mar. 11, 2022

MoviePass 2.0 Wants (to Sell) Your AttentionThe plan was to use eyeball-tracking tech to mount a rival, but Stacy Spikes opted to raise the dead instead.

By Chris Lee

world domination Feb. 16, 2022

Disney Wants You to Live (and Die?) in Its New Master-Planned Desert CommunityThe Disney adults to Disney senior citizens pipeline.

By Rebecca Alter
dystopia Aug. 6, 2020

Now Kids Are Being Suspended for Posting Photos of Their Crowded SchoolTwo Georgia students say they were disciplined for complaining publicly about their crowded high school.

By Bridget Read
dystopia Mar. 12, 2020

Is Sarah Palin an Actual Clown?The former vice-presidential candidate rapped on The Masked Singer while dressed as a cartoon bear.

By Hannah Gold
deepfakes June 13, 2019

Are the Deepfake Fears Overblown?Intelligencer staffers discuss whether it’s reasonable to fear that manipulated videos will (further) poison the discourse.

By Brian Feldman, Benjamin Hart, and Max Read
dystopia Jan. 8, 2019

Welcome to Dystopian Realist FictionToday’s feminist dystopian novels show us worlds far nearer and scarier than Orwell’s nightmares.

By Cody Delistraty
dystopia Jan. 9, 2018

Party During Tech Expo Features Robot StrippersCES seems to be going great so far.

By Gabriella Paiella
dystopia Feb. 11, 2017

Margaret Atwood: Donald Trump’s Presidency Boosted The Handmaid’s Tale Sales“You are seeing a bubbling up of it now.”

By Devon Ivie
June 30, 2014

A Commercial for Floral Essentials Shampoo, Based on the Bestselling […]I used to think that raising my three boys was a handful. They would keep me on my toes all day, so I didn’t always have time to worry about my […]

By Brian Boone