On April 18, 1973, MGM unveiled Richard Fleischer's dystopian, 98-minute sci-fi drama in Los Angeles. By Alan R. Howard On April 18, 1973, MGM unveiled Richard Fleischer’s dystopian, 98-minute sci-fi ...

The year is 2022. Our overpopulated planet is experiencing catastrophic climate change, megacorporations have excessive power over the government, and clean living is a luxury only the 1 percent can ...

The 1970s was the golden age of eco-thrillers, films and books that imagined not-too-distant futures in which the environment was so badly damaged that life as we knew it had become impossible. The ...

Released in 1973, Soylent Green imagines a dystopian nightmare version of 2022 in which overpopulation and climate disaster have made the Earth nearly unlivable. Resource and housing shortages have ...

In the year 2022, even the simple things in life have all but disappeared. A bar of soap is eyed with envy. Vegetables are a rarity, and strawberry jam goes for $150 a jar. People start weeping at the ...

During my youth, apocalyptic science fiction movies were big at the box office — and Charlton Heston was king. The matinee idol, who made a name for himself in 1950s biblical epics like “Ben Hur” and ...

Xpress' 6th grade reviewer offers her thoughts on Pixar's latest gem. OK, so most of us are painfully aware of what the Soylent Green in Soylent Green (1973) is. Moreover, anyone watching the movie is ...

In 1973's Soylent Green, New York City is in the grips of widespread pollution and overcrowding. It takes place in 2022. Updated January 4, 2022 at 5:55 PM ET Movies have been imagining the future for ...

In the spring of 1973, the movie Soylent Green premiered. The film drops us into a New York City that’s overcrowded, polluted, and dealing with the effects of a climate catastrophe. Only the city’s ...

Too busy to eat? Or too busy to eat healthy? Read on. Those of us over a certain age remember the movie Soylent Green (1973), a dystopian sci-fi nightmare set in the year 2022, in which overpopulation ...

During my youth, apocalyptic science fiction movies were big at the box office — and Charlton Heston was king. The matinee idol, who made a name for himself in 1950s biblical epics like “Ben Hur” and ...