Much Ado About Lance’s Lie

Richard Schickel / Truthdig Nov 13, 2013 Alex Gibney's excellent documentary probes the moral outrage over cheating in a minor sport. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Sweden’s New Film Rating System Zeroes In on Gender Bias

Staff / Truthdig Nov 8, 2013 Some of you may have heard of the Bechdel test—a simple method used to identify whether a film is gender biased based on a question posed by comic strip artist Allison Bechdel. Cinemas in the ever-progressive Scandinavian country are now incorporating this gauge into their film ratings. And the results are embarrassing for Hollywood. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Performance of Robert Redford’s Career

Richard Schickel / Truthdig Oct 23, 2013 The 77-year-old actor is at his smart, ironic best in "All Is Lost." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Fifth Estate’ Director Calls Assange a Liar, Praises Snowden

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Oct 15, 2013 Julian Assange has taken strong objection to "The Fifth Estate," Hollywood's take on WikiLeaks' adventures in journalism. In a new interview, the director of the film, Bill Condon, says the WikiLeaks publisher "just flat-out makes things up." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Saudi Arabia’s First Female Director Wants ‘Wadjda’ to Speak for Itself

Emily Wilson / Truthdig Sep 25, 2013 It's the first movie filmed entirely inside the kingdom, the first directed by a woman, and the first submitted by Saudi Arabia for an Academy Award, but Haifaa al-Mansour wants her film to do its own talking. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

‘The Artist and the Model’: Less Is More

Richard Schickel / Truthdig Aug 3, 2013 It's perhaps easy to make too much of a film like "The Artist and the Model" But it's also easy to make too little of it -- and I'd rather run the prior risk" But it's also easy to make too little of it—and I'd rather run the prior risk. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘The Fifth Estate’ Trailer: How Hollywood Does WikiLeaks

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jul 17, 2013 Benedict Cumberbatch ("Sherlock") plays Julian Assange in DreamWorks and Participant Media's upcoming film based on the book by WikiLeaks ship-jumper Daniel Domscheit-Berg and Luke Harding of The Guardian. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

James Cameron Thinks Hollywood Studios Are Messing Up 3-D

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jul 10, 2013 "Avatar" was the international blockbuster that made 3-D movies commonplace in American multiplexes. Its director and multi-dimensional filmmaking's leading evangelist, James Cameron, ought to be happy. He's not. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Spectacle in Summer: The Guilty Pleasures of ‘The Lone Ranger’

Richard Schickel / Truthdig Jul 9, 2013 "The Lone Ranger" is too long and more than a little bit incoherent, but you will see some things in the movie that you will not have seen anywhere else. Dig deeper

‘World War Z’: Still Fun at Twice the Price

Richard Schickel / Truthdig Jun 26, 2013 I read in the press that this movie can never, ever recoup its cost, but it does have its charms. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Joy of Singing Out of the Spotlight

Richard Schickel / Truthdig Jun 18, 2013 "20 Feet From Stardom" is a joyous documentary about the lives and careers of backup singers. It has been a long time since I’ve had so much fun at a movie. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hey Hollywood, Remember the Ladies?

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig May 16, 2013 A new study demonstrates that women are featured less and hypersexualized more than men in film. So although Jennifer Lawrence may have captured everyone’s imagination playing heroine Katniss Everdeen in "The Hunger Games," that feat remains the exception rather than the rule. A new study demonstrates that women are featured less and hypersexualized more than men in film. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )