I've been thinking about how familiar Children of Men feels in recent months, especially given civil war in Syria and the wave of nationalism sweeping Western E

I've been thinking about how familiar Children of Men feels in recent months, especially given civil war in Syria and the wave of nationalism sweeping Western Europe and the United States. This article is a great analysis of how the film creates this uncanny sense of familiarity. I'm overdue to watch it again. (On a side note, I just finished reading Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower, which resonantes with today's world in a similar way.)