the big short

‘Vice’ Can’t Be Funny So Long as It’s Based on an Ongoing Tragedy

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Dec 24, 2018 Too soon? Even 18 years after Dick Cheney became vice president, there are aspects of the film's plot that are hard to laugh at. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Live-Blog: Oscars 2016: In the Midst of Controversy, the Show Goes On (Updated)

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Feb 29, 2016 Update: In the show's home stretch, the political moments seemed to happen with about the same frequency that African-Americans were called onto the Oscar stage as presenters Also: Joe's standing O, DiCaprio's climate-change plea and the 88th Oscars' final wins. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

To Make the Oscars More Diverse, Let’s Adopt Football’s Rooney Rule

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Jan 30, 2016 Voluntary steps to include more people of color and women should be a priority throughout the entire Hollywood system of moviemaking, from studios’ executive ranks to casting. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘The Big Short’ and Bernie Sanders’ Plan to Bust Up Wall Street

Robert Reich / Truthdig Jan 12, 2016 The movie shows why Bernie Sanders’ plan to break up the biggest banks and reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act (separating investment from commercial banking) is necessary—and why Hillary Clinton’s more modest plan is inadequate. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘The Big Short’ Film Review: A Morality Play Dressed Up as Modern Farce

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Dec 10, 2015 The mortgage and banking crisis of 2007 gets the business in this fast-paced, hilarious and, yes, frightening outline. It's a tale powered by lots of villains and a handful of not-exactly-villains. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Fred Branfman on ‘The Big Short’

BLANK May 7, 2010 Author Michael Lewis in his best-selling book takes us inside capitalism’s “doomsday machine,” and it’s your worst nightmare come true. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )