I’ll Vouch for It: James Toback Is Capable of Sexual Harassment
Oct 24, 2017 Sixteen years ago, I had a professional encounter with “The Pick-up Artist” director that gives me reason to believe the women now accusing him.
‘The Lovers and the Despot’ Film Review: The Curious Case of Kim Jong Il’s Stolen Filmmakers
Sep 24, 2016 Not even North Korea's late supreme leader was immune to Hollywood’s charms. (Pictured, Choi Eun Hee, left, and Shin Sang Ok.)She’s No Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump — Behind the Scenes With Jill Stein (Multimedia)
Jul 2, 2016 A path exists for a credible independent candidate to win the U.S. presidency in 2016. Could that person be the presumptive Green Party nominee?
Truthdig Wins Five Southern California Journalism Awards
Jun 27, 2016 Truthdig made a strong showing at the 58th annual Southern California Journalism Awards, presented by the Los Angeles Press Club on Sunday night.
Los Angeles Press Club Nominates Truthdig for 20 Southern California Journalism Awards
May 24, 2016 Journalists from press clubs around the United States selected the finalists, and winners will be announced June 26 in downtown Los Angeles.
‘Weiner’ Film Review: This Is What Our Democracy Looks Like
May 20, 2016 The career of Anthony Weiner (remember him?) may have imploded, but his personal and professional disasters provide the basis for what may be the most unnervingly canny treatment yet of our celebrity-mad political culture. The career of Anthony Weiner (remember him?) may have imploded, but his personal and professional disasters provide the basis for what may be the most unnervingly canny treatment yet of our celebrity-mad political culture.
‘Prophet’s Prey’ Film Review: This American Horror Story Is All Too Real
Sep 23, 2015 Amy Berg's disturbing documentary on the Warren Jeffs polygamist sect zooms in on a story that oozes with archetypal evil.LISTEN: Mexico’s Missing 43
Sep 12, 2015 Journalist Steve Fisher talks with KPFK’s Joshua Scheer about his and Anabel Hernández's investigative work on the missing 43 students in Mexico. Also, Truthdig's Kasia Anderson discusses Stephen Colbert's debut, and Liza Gold talks gun deaths and mental health.LISTEN: ‘The Look of Silence’ Helps Indonesians See the Genocide They’re Afraid to Discuss
Jul 25, 2015 Documentary filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer talks with Truthdig’s Robert Scheer and Kasia Anderson and KPFK’s Joshua Scheer about the influence his films “The Act of Killing” and the just-released “The Look of Silence” have had on life in Indonesia, where the perpetrators of a 50-year-old massacre still hold power.
‘The Look of Silence’: Showing the Human Side of Genocide
Jul 18, 2015 What if the Nazis had won in World War II? That question represents one of the thematic forces that shape Joshua Oppenheimer’s quietly riveting, Oscar-nominated documentary about Indonesia's 1965-66 tragedy.
