In Oceania two-way “telescreens” monitored every citizen’s movements, reminded him every minute of every day: BIG BROTHER is WATCHING YOU. Oceania was the fictional country in George Orwell’s 1984, ...

You don’t have to be a political wonk to get the feeling that the play “1984” is reverberating with relevancy these days. Set aside the recent headlines about a London production that transferred to ...

George Orwell’s novel 1984 begins with Winston Smith, the main character, seeing posters saying BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU. In 2010, that could be replaced with FACEBOOK IS WATCHING YOU. Or rather, ...

For electronic “tickets,” go to alleytheatre.org. The show can be viewed through April 12. This strikes me as the right way to go, and the Alley Theatre’s Houston premiere of “1984,” as the stage ...

Seventy years ago, Eric Blair, writing under a pseudonym George Orwell, published “1984,” now generally considered a classic of dystopian fiction. The novel tells the story of Winston Smith, a hapless ...

It was a bright hot day in June. Or possibly July. And the clocks almost certainly weren't striking thirteen, because they don't do that in this country. But it WAS the summer of 1984. I was 9 years ...

To the editor: I enjoyed reading Michael Hiltzik’s perspective about the continuing relevance (and wonderful hilarity) of Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove,” and its prescient depiction of some ...

In the real 1984, a good time was had by all. Transformers was just airing on TV. The NES was out in Japan. Arnie and Stallone were making some of the best films ever put on celluloid. But when people ...