Tag: Freedom

What Dune: Part Two tells us about Politics and Power

24 March 202424 March 2024 Adnan N-yo 1 Comment

It’s been a few weeks since Dune: Part Two – a continuation of 2021’s Dune – was released to global audiences. It is fair to say that the new movie has been a commercial success, already making over $500 million worldwide. Yet, the attention the film has captured is even more significant because of the…

Film

What to Make of the Dystopia Aesthetic

12 January 202421 January 2024 Adnan N-yo 2 Comments

The Hunger Games. The Last of Us. The Handmaid’s Tale. These stories have a few things in common. Each of them has crossed different realms of entertainment media, whether it be film, television, literature, or video games. One more important thing connects these examples – they are all dystopias. The dystopian genre goes beyond just…

Books, TV