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Spielberg’s ‘The Post’ is a stirring drama made for this moment

In JournalismTags "The Post", Diane Deacon, Erin Ben-Moche, Katharine Graham, Lindsey Wojcik, Meryl Streep, Steven Spielberg, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Tom HanksJanuary 16, 2018226 ViewsLeave a comment

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HOLLY: We’re not going to waste your time with another review of “The Post.” There are plenty, and besides if you know anything about us, you’d expect us to love the movie. We did. So did the audience in the Emagine theater where we watched it Sunday. Many stood and broke into applause at the film’s end – some even shed a few tears. People cheering for journalists? It felt so career-affirming. In homage to the fact that “The Post” …

Premiere of Spielberg watchdog drama prompts consideration of the top 20 journalism films – let’s compare lists

In JournalismTags "The Post", Ben Bradlee, journalism films, Meryl Streep, Pentagon papers, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Washington PostJanuary 11, 2018270 Views1 Comment

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Garry: Daniel Ellsberg has been arrested almost 100 times for civic activism. There is perhaps no living American who better exemplifies the historian Howard Zinn’s mantra that “dissent is the highest …