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Film

Spectacle of the Perverse

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Jan 15, 2025 The oblique courtroom thriller “Red Rooms” offers chilling reflections on the rise of obsessive true crime fan culture. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Books

What the Book Section Likes

Freddie deBoer / Truthdig Jan 10, 2025 Publishing isn’t dying, but book media — narrow, conventional, status-obsessed — needs critical review. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Arts & Culture

Planet Puppet

Mina Tavakoli / n+1 Jan 10, 2025 A delegation and their dummies makes for a lively weekend at the ventriloquist convention. Dig deeper ( 32 Min. Read )

Opinion

The Scourge of ‘Wouldn’t It Be Cool’ Science

Freddie deBoer / Truthdig Jan 6, 2025 Most of the Internet’s breathless and increasingly AI-driven science coverage fails to meet minimal evidentiary requirements. But it does get clicks. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Arts & Culture

‘Wicked,’ ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and the Blacklisted Lyricist Yip Harburg

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan / DemocracyNow! Jan 3, 2025 Now is a good time to remember the man who dignified the downtrodden, the working class and immigrants. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

Here’s to the Changemakers and Culture Shapers of 2024

Truthdig staff / Truthdig Dec 27, 2024 Selections from Truthdig's year in films, books and interviews with artists who are shaping our world. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

We Don’t Do It for the Awards, But We Did Win 23 This Year

Truthdig staff / Truthdig Dec 26, 2024 From long-form investigations to arts criticism, more than a dozen Truthdig contributors received honors and notices in 2024. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Film

Have Yourself a Twisted Little Xmas

Jim Knipfel / Truthdig Dec 25, 2024 The Truthdig guide to holiday movies that are just plain wrong. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Film

From Jesus to Judas

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Dec 24, 2024 In "A Complete Unknown," director James Mangold re-creates the formative years of Bob Dylan. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A gunsligner dressed in navy blue reaches for his gun as he looks at the album cover for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Tex Johnson and His Six Shooters. The two images appear in front of a swirling, hynpotic graphic that is reminiscent of the Twilight Zone.

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Enigma

Jim Knipfel / Truthdig Dec 23, 2024 Where did Tex Johnson’s elusive Christmas album come from? Who recorded it? And why do so many people spend their lives searching for it? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Film

The Everything Union

Bedatri D. Choudhury / Truthdig Dec 20, 2024 A new documentary goes inside the dramatic origins of the Amazon Labor Union — just in time for holiday shopping decisions. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Opinion

The Media’s New Product: Permission to Do Whatever You Want

Freddie deBoer / Truthdig Dec 20, 2024 Cultural commentary once tried to explain how society could do a little bit better. Now the point is to tell people only what they want to hear. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )