Kasia Anderson on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines http://www.truthdig.com/kasia_anderson Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2011 2011-10-28T18:07:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo Oliver Stone on Occupy Wall Street: ‘Grab the Power’ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/oliver_stone_on_occupy_wall_street_grab_the_power_20111028/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/oliver_stone_on_occupy_wall_street_grab_the_power_20111028/ economy, occupy wall street, oliver stone, on history, ows, south of the border, tariq ali, untold history of the united states, wall street, Interview

The collaboration between director Oliver Stone and one-man political think tank Tariq Ali began not three years ago, but their mind-meld has already produced three projects spanning multiple continents and eras. Stone gave a talk in Los Angeles last weekend … (more)

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]]> 2011-10-28T18:07:00+00:00 Sarandon vs. the Vatican http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/sarandon_vs_the_vatican_20111017/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/sarandon_vs_the_vatican_20111017/ benedict xvi, catholic league, hitler youth, john paul ii, joseph ratzinger, pope, susan sarandon, vatican, In the News

Susan Sarandon is known for rousing the rabble, both onscreen and off, and she has infused her public persona with her politics in a way that has made her a celebrity spokeswoman for a certain brand of lefty sensibility and a lightning rod for the right. She does give the impression ... (more)

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]]> 2011-10-17T20:52:00+00:00 ‘The Social Network’: Your Life in Pixels http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/the_social_network_your_life_in_pixels_20101001/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/the_social_network_your_life_in_pixels_20101001/ aaron sorkin, david fincher, facebook, film, harvard, jesse eisenberg, mark zuckerberg, social networking, the social network, Film Review

The 1970s were branded the “Me Decade” long ago, but whatever shadowy committee makes such important temporal pronouncements might want to reconsider that call in light of the last 10 years.

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]]> 2010-10-02T00:21:00+00:00 Kasia Anderson on Barbara Walters http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20080801_kasia_anderson_on_barbara_walters/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20080801_kasia_anderson_on_barbara_walters/ anderson, audition, barbara walters, book, celebrity, journalism, media, memoir, news, politics, review, sex, television, Book Review book cover

“Audition” details the life story, both in front of the camera and behind the scenes, of a pioneering journalist-entertainer who reported the news while making it in ways both admirable and troubling.

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]]> 2008-08-01T08:00:00+00:00 Portrait of an American Election http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080701_portrait_of_an_american_election_day/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080701_portrait_of_an_american_election_day/ 2000, 2004, american, arts engine, blue state, campaign, chevigny, documentary, election day, film, fraud, media that matters, p.o.v., pbs, polls, president, red state, voter, voter reform, Interviews Election Day

“Election Day” isn’t a film that highlights the horse-race aspect of American politics, nor is it about red or blue states. Instead, director Katy Chevigny and her colleagues from Arts Engine Inc. aimed to capture a much more complex story—or rather, a multilayered and interconnecting set of stories—about an array of Americans from different states, backgrounds and political positions, all taking part in some way in the 2004 U.S. presidential election.

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]]> 2008-07-01T18:30:00+00:00 The Truthdig Interview With Naomi Klein http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080626_naomi_klein_on_the_shock_doctrine_in_2008/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080626_naomi_klein_on_the_shock_doctrine_in_2008/ burma, bush, chicago, crisis, cyclone, disaster capitalism, economics, flood, global warming, interview, katrina, milton friedman, naomi klein, no logo, obama, pinochet, shock doctrine, shock therapy, sri lanka, Interviews Klein Shock Doctrine

Critics and challengers of Naomi Klein’s work had better take a close look at her latest book, “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism,” before launching their attacks.

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]]> 2008-06-27T00:14:00+00:00 Tim Robbins on Orwell, Obama and the Media http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080602_tim_robbins_on_orwell_obama_and_the_media/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080602_tim_robbins_on_orwell_obama_and_the_media/ 1984, actor, actors' gang, barack obama, big brother, civil liberties, george orwell, hillary clinton, patriot act, republican, san francisco mime troupe, stage adaptation, surveillance, tim robbins, Interviews Tim Robbins

It’s usually a reliable sign that a once-original idea has been utterly stripped of its impact by the time it becomes the premise for a reality television show. Not so for “Big Brother.” Several seasons of that particular televised train wreck have come and gone, and besides, Apple Computer also cashed in on the whole surveillance paranoia theme ages ago. Big Brother is watching. We get it.

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]]> 2008-06-03T01:44:00+00:00 If Foster’s Not Coming Out, CNN’s Coming In http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20071213_if_fosters_not_out_yet_cnns_coming_in/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20071213_if_fosters_not_out_yet_cnns_coming_in/ , In the News jodie foster

One major price of fame is, famously, the lack of personal privacy that comes with the package.  This issue gets trickier when it comes to homosexuality and the practice of outing public figures, as various media outlets have long attempted to do in Jodie Foster’s case.

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