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Film

Have Yourself a Twisted Little Xmas

Jim Knipfel / Truthdig Dec 25, 2024 The Truthdig guide to holiday movies that are just plain wrong. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Film

From Jesus to Judas

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Dec 24, 2024 In "A Complete Unknown," director James Mangold re-creates the formative years of Bob Dylan. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A gunsligner dressed in navy blue reaches for his gun as he looks at the album cover for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Tex Johnson and His Six Shooters. The two images appear in front of a swirling, hynpotic graphic that is reminiscent of the Twilight Zone.

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Jim Knipfel / Truthdig Dec 23, 2024 Where did Tex Johnson’s elusive Christmas album come from? Who recorded it? And why do so many people spend their lives searching for it? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Film

The Everything Union

Bedatri D. Choudhury / Truthdig Dec 20, 2024 A new documentary goes inside the dramatic origins of the Amazon Labor Union — just in time for holiday shopping decisions. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Opinion

The Media’s New Product: Permission to Do Whatever You Want

Freddie deBoer / Truthdig Dec 20, 2024 Cultural commentary once tried to explain how society could do a little bit better. Now the point is to tell people only what they want to hear. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

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 )

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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 )