Arts & Culture

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 )

Books

The Alchemy That Powers the Modern World

Sarah Scoles / Undark Dec 13, 2024 Two recent books examine the use and abuse of uranium and the costs of producing the vital minerals needed to fuel tomorrow’s technology. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Film

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 )

Media

From ‘Satisfactory’ to ‘Problematic’: Press Freedom in the U.S. Hit an All-Time Low

Andy Lee Roth, Mickey Huff / Seven Stories Press Dec 13, 2024 Legislative assaults on the media are a key driver of the downward spiral. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Film

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 )

Book Excerpt

The Case for Digital Degrowth

Michael Kwet / Truthdig Nov 29, 2024 AI and data center energy consumption has been overhyped. Greening the digital society requires confronting deeper structural problems. Dig deeper ( 10 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 )

Books

‘Keep Her Body from Pain and Her Mind from Worry’

Stephanie Gorton / History News Network Nov 22, 2024 A history of the birth-control movement in literature. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

TD Interview

Ken Burns Does Da Vinci

Ed Rampell / Truthdig Nov 15, 2024 A chronicler of Americana takes on the towering genius of 15th century Italy. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )