Tag: writing

  • The 10 best journalism films

    Long before journalism was reshaped by the internet and culture wars, movies about reporters tended to depict them as stalwart crusaders for the people’s right to know or as doughy cynics in ill-fitting suits who chain-smoke, wisecrack, and swig cheap liquor from flasks hidden in their desk drawers. The genre has grown more conflicted since,…

  • Hot films in the summertime: 10 movies ideal for summer now streaming

    Movies love summer. The two just go together, kindred spirits dedicated to childhood, fun and escapism.  Hollywood saves its blockbuster entertainments for that period between Memorial Day and Labor Day, of course, but there is also that class of films that are set during, or otherwise pay homage to, the season of long days and…