A new video essay is shining a spotlight on how the movie Silent Running helped lay the groundwork for the lived-in sci-fi ...

Zach Laws is a longtime entertainment journalist and movie features writer. He is also an independent filmmaker and member of the Screen Actors Guild based out of Los Angeles. Zach grew up watching ...

Back in 1972, while the seeds of the modern environmental movement were starting to take root, a sci-fi movie called Silent Running arrived. The emotional elements of this intriguing space film had a ...

The early ‘70s was a time of change at the big movie studios. Many of the great directors of the previous era were being brushed aside as new audiences demanded different styles of storytelling, and ...

“It calls back a time when there were flowers all over the Earth… and there were valleys. And there were plains of tall green grass that you could lie down in ...

The two environmental-space movies have a lot in common – but only one of them comes with a truly happy ending. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...