Arts & Culture

Film

Down by the Riverside

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Aug 13, 2026 “The Bend in the River" is the third documentary in a 50-year series about lifetime friends floating downstream. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Film

Becoming Anthony Bourdain

Veronica Phillips / Truthdig Aug 6, 2026 A new biopic serves up a portrait of the chef as a young man. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Film

James Baldwin’s Paris Ghost

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Jul 31, 2026 An unconventional biopic imagines the author’s first year as an expatriate. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Film

Can We Finally Admit Christopher Nolan Leans Right (and Still Makes Good Movies)?

Freddie deBoer / Truthdig Jul 24, 2026 Just as the acclaimed director projects modern morality onto the pagan Odysseus, his fans project progressive politics onto his conservative films. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Film

Model Son

Veronica Phillips / Truthdig Jul 23, 2026 Hirokazu Kore-eda’s new film stars a heroic AI bereavement bot. Where’s ‘Black Mirror’ when you need it? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Media

There’s No Good Outcome to the Warner Bros. Takeover

Freddie deBoer / Truthdig Jul 17, 2026 Choosing between a rightwing billionaire and the Netflix slop factory is grim, thankless work. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

TD Original

The Odyssey’s Long Cinematic Journey

Jim Knipfel / Truthdig Jul 15, 2026 Christopher Nolan is only the latest — and best-funded — in a very long line of directors who’ve adapted Homer’s epic poem for the screen. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Arts & Culture

How Woody Guthrie Keeps Resonating With New Generations

Steve Appleford / Capital & Main Jul 9, 2026 A new documentary connects the life and music of the Depression-era singer-songwriter to today’s struggles for social justice, equality and immigrant rights. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Opinion

Of Thee I Weep, of Thee I Rage

Ron Kovic / Truthdig Jul 1, 2026 The author of “Born on the Fourth of July” reflects on the country’s 250th Independence Day. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

TD Interview

Days and Nights of Rage

Ed Rampell / Truthdig Jun 30, 2026 In a new memoir, Zayd Ayers Dohrn comes clean about growing up in the first family of American radicalism. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

TD Original

Loud and Proud

H. Reynolds Martínez / Truthdig Jun 24, 2026 A new generation of trans musicians is using music to resist erasure. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Race

Uprooted: ‘Roots’ Is Banned on its 50th Birthday

Erin Aubry Kaplan / Capital & Main Jun 19, 2026 A half-century after the publication of Alex Haley’s masterwork, a Tennessee school board’s move to ban the book has stoked outcry. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )