In the New Yorker article dedicated to the premier of the tenth season of The X-Files, a hit television series of the 90s*, Joshua Rothman relates the rebirth in popularity of retro-futurism with the confused political policies of the current age, and our anticipation of global catastrophes.
In Rothman’s view, which has been shaped by his own admiration for The X-Files, we not only long for a return to the delicate flirtation between Scully and Mulder