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Convenient Omissions on the Road to Guantanamo
Jun 24, 2006 Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross have made a necessary and important critique of grave injustices at Guantanamo Bay. But are their storytelling techniques entirely on the level?
Nicole Holofcener: The Truthdig Interview
Apr 7, 2006 The director who has been called the "Woody Allen of the West Coast" talks about her new ensemble film, Friends With Money,Ӕ starring Jennifer Aniston, Frances McDormand, Catherine Keener and Joan Cusack, which opened last week.
David Muhammad: The Truthdig Interview
Apr 3, 2006 The prominent black activist and mentor for incarcerated youth in Oakland, Calif. argues that it's time to hold hip-hop artists accountable for the messages behind their music.
David Muhammad: The Truthdig Interview
Apr 3, 2006 The prominent black activist and mentor for incarcerated youth in Oakland, Calif. argues that it's time to hold hip-hop artists accountable for the messages behind their music.
Norman Lear: ‘Bring Them to Their Knees’
Mar 15, 2006 The legendary TV producer discusses our threatened Constitution, the hypocrisy of the Christian right, the strange ethics of "The Sopranos," and why he still sees himself as an "unaffiliated groper."
FX Plays the Race Card
Mar 9, 2006 In a new reality series, a black family and a white family switch skin colors. But do they switch perspectives? UPDATE: The show's producers, under fire from its participants, alter parts of the show that were deceptive.
‘This Place Is Broken’: The Gore Vidal Interview Part II
Mar 8, 2006 Gore Vidal on fascism, terrorism and wartime propaganda Part II of Truthdig's interview with the award-winning novelist (earlier: part I).
‘This Place Is Broken’
Mar 8, 2006 Gore Vidal on fascism, terrorism and wartime propaganda Part II of Truthdig's interview with the award-winning novelist (earlier: part I).Oscars Postmortem
Mar 6, 2006 And the award for "Best Proof That Hollywood Is Out of Touch": No one made a single reference to the troops fighting and dying in Iraq.Gore Vidal on The Academy Awards, Sexuality and Politics
Mar 4, 2006 In a Truthdig interview with Sheerly Avni, Gore Vidal weighs in on this year's Academy Awards competition, Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain," and Truman Capote's Proust complex.