The world changed 50 years ago today—not that anyone noticed back in 1971. That’s because on March 11, 1971, no one knew who George Lucas was, and they weren’t lining up around the block to see the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. There’s really not an aspect of THX 1138 that doesn’t cause some question to pop up in the mind ...

Matthew is a features writer for Collider currently based in Manchester. In his spare time he likes to read, write, obsess over Batman and complain about his Wordle score. It’s easy to forget what an ...

In 1971, George Lucas was pushing the theme of societal rebellion against a police state into a science fiction setting. In the original Star Wars, he took some of those THX 1138 themes and jammed ...

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Sometime in the future, conformity and homogeneity are the rule in a state-controlled society in which the populace follows the wants of the faceless statue without question. This is achieved through ...

Last spring, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified before a Senate subcommittee about the need to regulate the AI industry, and one of the big questions he faced was how the burgeoning technology would ...

The first film of George Lucas is without any doubt a master piece in terms of how to represent futuristic spaces. In THX 1138 the underground spaces are absolutely controlled. People’s behavior is ...

Editor’s note: THX 1138 is only playing in 20 cities, but the DVD will be available on Tuesday, Sept. 14. THX 1138 tells of a not-too-distant futuristic society, grown cold from an over-reliance on ...

It's amazing how a little film that generated a pittance at the box office can be so polarizing. Yet there are few better ways to start a brawl on the Insider DVD boards than to bring up Equilibrium.