Oliver Stone on the Future of Political Cinema

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2007 In a video interview with Counterpunch magazine, the legendary filmmaker discusses the power of movies to engender social change on a grass-roots level. (Fellow director Tao Ruspoli conducts this street-level interview on the eve of his own Ken Kesey-esque bus trip across America to shoot socially conscious films.) Watch it Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Format War Heats Up

Staff / Truthdig Jan 14, 2007 If you've been struggling to decide whether HD DVD or Blu-ray is right for your next-generation video needs, consider this: The porn industry has apparently chosen HD DVD as its preferred high-definition format. Sony, beware: The same people who probably gave VHS a win over Betamax in the last major format war have taken sides. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Jesus at the Box Office

Staff / Truthdig Dec 20, 2006 AlterNet's Jonathan Jones probes Hollywood's post-"Passion" fetish for Christian-oriented films and challenges the assumption that religious movies will rake in the cash by pandering to an attention-starved audience. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oliver Stone on Hollywood and the ?Machinery of War?

Staff / Truthdig Sep 2, 2006 Oliver Stone, speaking at the Venice Film Festival, criticized Hollywood?s romance of war. ? 'Pearl Harbor' and 'Black Hawk Down' -- these movies worshipped the machinery of war and I think America went back to the concept of war too easily.? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Nicole Holofcener: The Truthdig Interview

Sheerly Avni / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

David Thomson on the Oscar Best-Film Candidates: Worthy, but Not Great

Sheerly Avni / Truthdig Feb 28, 2006 The renowned film critic talks about this year's crop of small, issue-driven movies, and why "the liberal faction in Hollywood are much better at going to parties and raising money than actually making challenging films." Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )