ORWELL: 2+2=5
From Academy Award®-nominated and BAFTA-winning director, Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro), ORWELL: 2+2=5 is the definitive feature documentary on visionary author George Orwell, interweaving a portrait of the writer with an examination of how prophetic his work has become.
SHOWTIMES
NOV 28 | FRI
CLOSED
NOV 29 | SAT
11:50 a.m., 2:30, 5:00, 7:30 p.m.Â
NOV 30 | SUN
5:00, 7:30 p.m.Â
DEC 1 | MON
5:00, 7:30 p.m.Â
DEC 2 | TUE
5:00, 7:30 p.m.Â
DEC 3 | WED
5:00, 7:30 p.m.Â
DEC 4 | THU
5:00, 7:30 p.m.Â
SYNOPSIS
George Orwell was one of the most visionary authors of the 20th Century, whose novels 1984 and Animal Farm foretold a chilling, all-to-believable authoritarian future. Acclaimed director Raoul Peck (Academy Award-nominated I Am Not Your Negro), working in collaboration with the Orwell Estate, seamlessly interweaves historical clips, readings from Orwell’s diary, cinematic references, and dynamic modern day footage to craft not only a definitive portrait of the writer himself, but an entirely fresh take on how remarkably relevant and prophetic his work has become. Peck doesn’t just present the information but shows new ways of seeing it, drawing patterns and connections we might not otherwise realize, championing Orwell as a man from the past who just might hold the key to the world’s future.
Director
Raoul Peck
Run Time
1 hour, 59 minutes
Released
October 3, 2025
Distributed by
Neon
HEARING AND VISUAL ASSISTANCE
Assisted Listening
Country
United States
LANGUAGE
English
RATED R
for some violent content and brief graphic nudity.
REVIEWS
“The filmmaker isn’t subtle, but then, neither was his subject, and the film’s points could hardly seem more prescient than they do in this moment.”
“ORWELL: 2+2=5 is an artful balancing act, one that dips in and out of Orwell’s life and work, but also uses a broad array of reference points as it swings from history to art to the most current of events.”
“Peck’s piercing nonfiction has previously given voice to the dead and the dismissed, but now uses one of West’s most acclaimed and quoted novelists to lay bare its persistent sins.”