Rape Lawsuit Targets Oscar-Winning Filmmaker Paul Haggis
Jan 5, 2018 In addition, three other women come forward with accusations. An attorney for the screenwriter, 64, says, “He didn’t rape anybody.”
‘Zero Days’ Film Review: When Warfare Goes Viral, Guess Who Loses?
Jul 9, 2016 Compared to the era-defining new infoweapon Stuxnet, Big Brother is the stuff of child’s play. Compared to the era-defining new infoweapon Stuxnet, Big Brother is the stuff of child’s play.
Can’t We Pause the Culture War and Just Watch the Game?
Jan 9, 2016 “Everything is a culture war now,” grouses sports humor writer DJ Gallo. “And it’s impossible to avoid, even in the movies and sports many of us go to in hopes of finding a brief respite from all the yelling we find online and off.”
Scientology
Mar 31, 2015
The Church of Scientology’s Vitriolic Reaction to ‘Going Clear’
Mar 31, 2015 The organization has hit back furiously at filmmaker Alex Gibney’s exposé “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief,” which aired Sunday night on HBO.
The Insider’s Economic Dictionary: S Is for Saint-Simon
Aug 9, 2014 Sex: The topic that has proved strong enough to displace religious and academic discussion about property and wealth as the driving force in human affairs and evolution.
Prosecuting Prosecutorial Abuse
Jan 18, 2013 Massachusetts' US Attorney Carmen Ortiz and Assistant U Attorney Stephen Heymann must be held accountable for their actions during their prosecution of the late Internet activist Aaron Swartz; in China, a father hired online "assassins" to kill his son's avatar in an attempt to save his real life; meanwhile, the U is giving the Afghan government a fleet of drones These discoveries and more after the jump.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Cult of Personality
Sep 18, 2012 The critics simply have too much invested in the still young director to acknowledge that "The Master" has to rank somewhere between a disappointment and a disaster.
Truthdiggers of the Week: Anonymous
Mar 2, 2012 Our picks for this week's Truthdiggers are a little unusual in that we don't really know who they are -- at least not specifically. But we do know them by their collective, if faceless, alias: Anonymous.
Report Claims Church of Scientology Went After ‘South Park’ Creators
Oct 26, 2011 The Church of Scientology has a storied history of swift and sometimes creative responses to media criticism from traditional ranks -- such as print or TV outlets -- and now here's another about the group's entanglement with Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the colorful creators of "South Park," courtesy of The Village Voice.
