Children of Men (2006)

Reviews

Dargis, Manohla. “Apocalypse Now, but in the Wasteland a Child Is Given.” The New York Times. The New York Times, December 25, 2006. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/25/movies/25chil.html.

Bradshaw, P. (2006, September 22). Children of Men Review – Explosively Violent Future-Nightmare thriller. The Guardian. Retrieved March 30, 2022, from https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/sep/22/juliannemoore.thriller

Journal Articles

Basoli, A.G., and Alfonso Cuarón. “Sexual Awakenings and Stark Social Realities: An Interview with Alfonso Cuarón.” Cinéaste 27, no. 3 (2002): 26–29. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41690156.

Nicole L. Sparling. “Without a Conceivable Future: Figuring the Mother in Alfonso Cuarón’s <em>Children of Men</Em>.” Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 35, no. 1 (2014): 160–80. https://doi.org/10.5250/fronjwomestud.35.1.0160.

Amago, Samuel. “Ethics, Aesthetics, and the Future in Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Children of Men.’” Discourse 32, no. 2 (2010): 212–35. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41389843.

Interviews

Snead, Jillian. “Alfonso Cuaron Explains How He Directed Children of Men.” YouTube, August 31, 2019. https://youtu.be/vPRHB7mODTA.

Forum on European Culture 2018. “'Children of Men' Film Talk: Srecko Horvat & Alfonso Cuarón: - Forum on European Culture 2018.” YouTube, June 3, 2018. https://youtu.be/tq4yoT4LxGA.

Video Essays

Zizek, S. (2007, September 9). Zizek on children of men. YouTube. Retrieved March 30, 2022, from https://youtu.be/pbgrwNP_gYE

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Puschak, E. (2015, September 9). Children of men: Don't ignore the background. YouTube. Retrieved March 30, 2022, from https://youtu.be/-woNlmVcdjc

Cultural Context

Yousif, Nadine. “Eight Bodies Found in St Lawrence River near US-Canada Border.” BBC News. BBC, March 31, 2023. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65131913.

Sullivan, Will. Magazine, Smithsonian. “Human Sperm Counts Declining Worldwide, Study Finds.” Smithsonian.com. Smithsonian Institution, November 22, 2022. https://www.smithsonianmag.com