Film

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 )

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 )

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 )

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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 )

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 )

Film

Portrait of the Victim as a Young Man

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Dec 18, 2024 RaMell Ross’ take on Colson Whitehead’s “Nickel Boys” is an inventive and socially charged masterwork. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Rooms of Joy and Sorrow

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Dec 13, 2024 Cinema’s most striking colorist paints a scene from the end of life. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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The Center Cannot Hold

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Dec 6, 2024 The personal is political in the Iranian drama “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Opinion

All the World’s America’s Stage — Even Ancient Rome

Jessica Clarke / History News Network Dec 6, 2024 The story of an escaped gladiator provides an excellent opportunity for Hollywood filmmakers to relitigate the particulars of U.S. history. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

TD Interview

Exile’s Eye

Bedatri D. Choudhury / Truthdig Dec 4, 2024 To understand the pain of deracination, Raoul Peck resurrects the legacy of apartheid-era photographer Ernest Cole. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

TD Interview

Intrepid Exile Mohammad Rasoulof Thwarts the Theocracy

Ed Rampell / Truthdig Nov 26, 2024 Iran’s outcast artist on the “gangsters of culture” and making movies under the mullahs’ noses. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

TD Interview

Behold a Winged Horse

Bedatri D. Choudhury / Truthdig Nov 25, 2024 In “Surveilled,” Ronan Farrow investigates Pegasus, the world’s most infamous spyware. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )