A documentary by the director of films on James Baldwin and Karl Marx explores the life of George Orwell and the enduring significance of his most famous work, ‘1984.’ By Sheri Linden Senior Copy ...

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 ...

George Orwell was dying when he wrote 1984 in the late 1940s on the desolate Isle of Jura in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides. Tuberculosis ravaged his body, and typing thousands of words a day only weakened ...

For about half an hour or so, Raoul Peck’s documentary “Orwell: 2+2=5” is amazingly restrained in the way it deals with author George Orwell, his seminal dystopian novel “1984” and its connections to ...

In the new documentary "Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5," filmmaker Raoul Peck explores the writer George Orwell's life and how his experiences informed his ideas and his writing. The film intersperses clips from ...

When I was growing up, the lessons of 1984 – the dystopian novel by George Orwell – were all thought to pertain to the Soviet Union. Big Brother was Josef Stalin – controlling the thoughts of his ...

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 ...