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b"The year is 2027, the world has collapsed but Britain soldiers on. Alfonso Cuar\\xf3n's Children of Men has seemingly only increased in significance and appreciation since its release in 2006. Based loosely on a P.D. James novel Cuar\\xf3n imagines a world that has lost hope because of human infertility but this only the narrative starting point for an aesthetically and thematically layered dystopian nightmare. Discussion of the film's many social, cultural and political elements sometimes takes away from the fact it is a brilliant piece of action\\xa0cinema with an aesthetic immediacy and depth of world-building,\\xa0that has become a signature of Cuar\\xf3n's filmmaking\\nWe screened the film at Kings College London and would like to thank PhD Student\\xa0Joseph Jenner for organising the event and co-presenting the screening with Dario.\\nShow notes\\nWhy Children of Men has never been as shocking as it is now - Nicolas Barber (BBC)\\nHumanity Adrift: Race, Materiality, and Allegory in Alfonso Cuar\\xf3n's\\xa0Children of Men -\\xa0Zahid R. Chaudhary\\xa0(Camera Obscura)\\nFuture Shock - Abraham Riesman (Vulture)\\nWhy Alfonso Cuar\\xf3n's anti-Blade Runner looks more relevant than ever - Stephen Dalton (BFI)\\nThe Child to Come: Life After the Human Catastrophe - Rebekah Sheldon\\nListen on:\\niTunes:\\xa0https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-cinematologists-podcast/id981479854?mt=2\\nWebsite:\\xa0www.cinematologists.com\\nPlayerFM:\\xa0https://player.fm/series/series-2416725\\nSpotify:\\xa0https://open.spotify.com/show/0RjNz8XDkLdbKZuj9Pktyh\\nPatreon:\\xa0https://www.patreon.com/cinematologists"