Asif Kapadia’s latest film blends dystopian fiction with chillingly real archive footage to portray a future shaped by authoritarianism, climate catastrophe and tech tyranny. But in a world that already feels on the brink, is 2073 a wake-up call - or a cause for despair? There was a time when post-apocalyptic drama offered a thought-provoking entertainment, but with the world today in a state of crisis, the genre is arguably a less popular diversion.