Staff / TruthdigFeb 27, 2017
The president's ongoing feud with the media was on display as stars and presenters shared spirited reflections on the new administration's first month. (Pictured, Viola Davis.) Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Carrie Rickey / TruthdigFeb 27, 2017
Contemporary actors, including a few at Sunday's Academy Awards, might catch heat for mixing politics with gold statuettes, but politics are in Oscar’s DNA. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Jordan Riefe / TruthdigDec 17, 2016
The film, nominated for a Golden Globe, follows Chile’s world-renowned Communist poet as he lives a colorful life on the run from an ambitious and mysterious cop. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Carrie Rickey / TruthdigJan 12, 2016
The scandal-plagued awards show gets a nod for spotting groundbreakers, but the back-scratching nature of the ceremony makes it a little hard to swallow. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigNov 20, 2014
The US funding of a "war on drugs" in Mexico, which was supposed to take aim at the traffickers, has instead largely fueled collusion between law enforcement, politicians and criminal syndicates The U . Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Sheerly Avni / TruthdigMar 23, 2013
How did Gael García Bernal, an outspoken leftist who has played Che Guevara not once, but twice, end up starring in a film that would appear, on the surface at least, to be a celebration of 20th century free-market economics? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Emily Wilson / TruthdigFeb 15, 2013
In his latest film, Larraín continues his examination of Gen Augusto Pinochet, this time looking at the campaign to oust him In his latest film, Larraín continues his examination of Gen. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Richard Schickel / TruthdigFeb 22, 2011
What is ironically fictional in "Even the Rain's" story is the intrusion on a volatile situation of a film crew intent on portraying Christopher Columbus’ not entirely benign arrival in the New World. What is ironically fictional in "Even the Rain's" story is the intrusion on a volatile situation of a film crew intent on portraying Columbus’ not entirely benign arrival in the New World. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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