Dystopian Future

After That

By Alan Ng | February 2026

SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! Director Xinhao “Violet” Lu’s short film After That follows Xinhao (Jim Lau), an elderly man who returns…

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SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2026 REVIEW! Director Xinhao “Violet” Lu’s short film After That follows Xinhao (Jim Lau), an elderly man who returns after...

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NOW IN THEATERS! It's true, life is easier with artificial intelligence. So why not place our good old "innocent until proven guilty" justice...

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Written by Mercies May and director Robert Flowers, Honor's Half-Life begins with Grace (Kyra Wellington) and her disapproving father, Joe (Alex...

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2121 is a dystopian science fiction film from Turkish director/co-writer Serpil Altin. People have fled underground after the surface has been rendered...

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In Henry Chebaane's short film That Time is Now, Doctor Wokozi (Marion Githegi) arrives in the present from the year 2060, a time when Earth is on the...

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I mean, deep down, we all know the Apocalypse is coming and like soon… right? In the short film, Gardenia, director Caleb King and writer/lead actor Eva...

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A girl finds a dead body in the not-too-distant dystopian future in Max Isaacson’s Pipe. Just a warning, this is going to be a short and sweet review as...

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From actor Casey Affleck comes Light of My Life—a film, he wrote, directed, and starred. It’s a simple movie with a simple, yet powerful idea behind...

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Is this becoming a new genre or are we just really angry with politics today? Last Halloween, I reviewed President Evil, which is basically an angry...