The Price of ‘The Interview’

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Dec 16, 2014 It seems there is something to offend everyone in the upcoming Hollywood comedy "The Interview." At this point, I'm guessing, most wounded of all may be the Sony Pictures executives who greenlighted the film. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The NSA Plays Villain to Captain America — Again

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Oct 16, 2014 You know you're living in strange times when the most jingoistic superhero goes to war with his own government. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

On Art and Politics: A Letter to the Millennials

By Jonathan Taplin Aug 27, 2014 There is a sense in which art, politics and economics are all inextricably and symbiotically tied together, but history has proven to us that art serves as a powerful corrective against the dangers of the establishment. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Where to Watch Sir Richard Attenborough’s Five Best Movies Right Now

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Aug 26, 2014 One of film's most beloved actors and directors died Sunday after 90 years of life and a career that somehow made giants of the 20th century (including Mahatma Gandhi, as played by Ben Kingsley, above) seem even grander. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Rupert Murdoch Wants to Buy the Company That Owns HBO and CNN

Staff / Truthdig Jul 17, 2014 It's merger mania, with AT&T going after DirecTV and Comcast looking to gobble up Time Warner Cable -- not to be confused with Time Warner Inc., another cable company that is now the object of Rupert Murdoch's appetite. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Drought Adds to Syria’s Misery

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Apr 19, 2014 The hunger-ravaged people of Syria have a long period of drought to blame for their ordeal. And that, experts think, is a result of the changing regional climate. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The American Story of Slavery

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Mar 8, 2014 Hollywood has finally taken an unflinching look at slavery. It's past time for the rest of the country to do the same. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why Is It Awkward When Movie Stars Talk About God?

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Mar 4, 2014 Athletes praising Jesus on television are as ubiquitous as Geico commercials, so why was best actor Matthew McConaughey's God-loving acceptance speech Sunday night so uncomfortable? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Inside the Nazis’ Model Concentration Camp

Richard Schickel / Truthdig Feb 12, 2014 Theresienstadt was a most peculiar institution It was created by the Nazis as a "model" camp -- "Hitler's gift to the Jews," as the saying went -- designed to placate the Red Cross and other international inspectors when they came calling It was created by the Nazis as a "model" camp—"Hitler's gift to the Jews," as the saying went—designed to placate the Red Cross and other international inspectors when they came calling. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Republican Fundraiser, Diplomat, Celebrity Cherub Shirley Temple Black Dies at 85

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Feb 12, 2014 She had many lives, but before becoming the most famous and photographed American, child actor phenom Shirley Temple was locked in a box and forced to sit on a block of ice. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The One Movie From 2013 You Have to See

Richard Schickel / Truthdig Jan 7, 2014 In short, the movie year ends, as they almost always do, in disappointment that verges on dismay. But there is hope. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hillary Clinton vs. Richard Nixon: The Movie

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Dec 4, 2013 Of all the movie treatments thrown around ahead of Hillary Clinton's inevitable 2016 presidential run, "Rodham" actually sounds the most interesting. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )