The 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in is today, the “third rate burglary” that ultimately brought down a presidency, and all this week Washington, D.C. has been in a bit of nostalgic mode.
At the DC/Dox Festival, producer Debra McClutchy and director Anne Alvergue screened their new Netflix documentary The Martha Mitchell Effect, focusing on the life of the celebrity Nixon-era figure whose importance in blowing the whistle on the scandal has only recently gotten its due. At the National Portrait Gallery, there’s an exhibition of key portraiture and illustration from the scandal.
But it’s nearly impossible to flashback without comparing the scandal to what’s going on now, via the January 6th Committee hearings, and what may be ahead, as a conservative judge warned on Thursday of the ongoing “clear and present danger” to democracy.
On Friday, The Washington Post gathered Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein,...
At the DC/Dox Festival, producer Debra McClutchy and director Anne Alvergue screened their new Netflix documentary The Martha Mitchell Effect, focusing on the life of the celebrity Nixon-era figure whose importance in blowing the whistle on the scandal has only recently gotten its due. At the National Portrait Gallery, there’s an exhibition of key portraiture and illustration from the scandal.
But it’s nearly impossible to flashback without comparing the scandal to what’s going on now, via the January 6th Committee hearings, and what may be ahead, as a conservative judge warned on Thursday of the ongoing “clear and present danger” to democracy.
On Friday, The Washington Post gathered Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein,...
- 6/17/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
“Gone Girl” was treated rather harshly at the 2015 Academy Awards. Despite being of the most popular and well-reviewed films of the year, David Fincher‘s movie came away with just one Oscar nomination: Best Actress for Rosamund Pike. Pike was, frankly, terrifying, as Amy Dunne. She hasn’t featured in an awards race since that film, despite respected turns in “A United Kingdom,” “The Man With the Iron Heart” and “Hostiles.” She must, surely, join the Best Actress race once again for her portrayal of war reporter Marie Colvin in “A Private War.”
The Aviron Pictures film is directed by Matthew Heineman, who was Oscar-nominated alongside Tom Yellin in 2016 for Best Documentary for “Cartel Land.” This is his first feature film after a career full of documentaries. “A Private War” is a docudrama, much like “Zero Dark Thirty.” Indeed, the journalistic nature of his documentaries clearly helps here to tell...
The Aviron Pictures film is directed by Matthew Heineman, who was Oscar-nominated alongside Tom Yellin in 2016 for Best Documentary for “Cartel Land.” This is his first feature film after a career full of documentaries. “A Private War” is a docudrama, much like “Zero Dark Thirty.” Indeed, the journalistic nature of his documentaries clearly helps here to tell...
- 10/30/2018
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
The annual Oscars are just two, three sleeps away and one of the nine nominated films selected from 2017’s numerous releases will join eighty-nine predecessors as the ninetieth film to be awarded Best Picture by the voting body of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. People will tune in to see if popular, long-snubbed favorites like Gary Oldman and Roger Deakins will finally walk up to the podium as winners or if host Jimmy Kimmel will spend a good portion of the show commenting on any hot button topic with the government or the current state of Hollywood while cracking jokes that Disney/Pixar films automatically win the Animated Oscar on brand name alone, although they really knocked it out of the ballpark this year with “Coco”, or how awards ceremonies only nominate movies people in New York and Los Angeles have heard of (although when visiting family back in Texas at Christmas,...
- 3/5/2018
- by William Coffey
- Age of the Nerd
The 2018 Oscars: Everything you need to know about the Best Picture raceThe 2018 Oscars: Everything you need to know about the Best Picture raceJenny Bullough and Adriana Floridia2/22/2018 12:48:00 Pm
Are you following the awards race and want to enter our Pick the Winners contest, but don't have time to see every nominated movie? We're breaking down the front-runners and underdogs to help you make accurate choices in any Oscar pool! Today we're giving you a rundown of the films nominated for Best Picture.
The nominees are:
Call Me By Your Name
This gay romance adapted from the novel by Andre Aciman was many people's favourite film of 2017. Perfectly directed by Luca Guadagnino, Call Me By Your Name captures desire, yearning, first love, and coming out, set against a lush Italian backdrop. Featuring our favourite performance of the year from its breakout star Timothee Chalamet, and one of the most moving monologues ever,...
Are you following the awards race and want to enter our Pick the Winners contest, but don't have time to see every nominated movie? We're breaking down the front-runners and underdogs to help you make accurate choices in any Oscar pool! Today we're giving you a rundown of the films nominated for Best Picture.
The nominees are:
Call Me By Your Name
This gay romance adapted from the novel by Andre Aciman was many people's favourite film of 2017. Perfectly directed by Luca Guadagnino, Call Me By Your Name captures desire, yearning, first love, and coming out, set against a lush Italian backdrop. Featuring our favourite performance of the year from its breakout star Timothee Chalamet, and one of the most moving monologues ever,...
- 2/22/2018
- by Jenny Bullough and Adriana Floridia
- Cineplex
Meryl Streep brings Katharine Graham to life in The Post, Steven Spielberg‘s new movie about the Washington Post‘s first female publisher famous for choosing to print the Pentagon Papers. The real-life Katherine — who spent most of her adult life as a society wife, raising four children and hosting famous friends like the Kennedys at her D.C. home — stepped into the role in 1963 after her husband Phillip committed suicide.
“She was not the confident Katharine Graham that people came to know as the first female hand of a Fortune 500 company,” Streep, Golden Globe nominated for her turn as Katherine,...
“She was not the confident Katharine Graham that people came to know as the first female hand of a Fortune 500 company,” Streep, Golden Globe nominated for her turn as Katherine,...
- 1/12/2018
- by Dana Rose Falcone
- PEOPLE.com
(Left to right) Tom Hanks (Ben Bradlee), David Cross (Howard Simons), John Rue (Gene Patterson), Bob Odenkirk (Ben Bagdikian), Jessie Mueller (Judith Martin), and Philip Casnoff (Chalmers Roberts) in Twentieth Century Fox’s The Post. Photo Credit: Niko Tavernise.
In The Post, director Steven Spielberg delivers a remarkable and timely film about freedom of the press, a story set in 1971 that has striking echoes for the present. President Nixon, who disdains the press, seeks to prevent publication of embarrassing secret government documents that expose decades of deceit of the American people on the Vietnam War.
Spielberg structures The Post like a thriller, racing a ticking-clock and filled with intrigue. The director has put together a stellar cast for this top-notch thriller, led by Tom Hanks as Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee and Meryl Streep as the paper’s publisher Katharine Graham, the first women publisher of a major daily newspaper.
In The Post, director Steven Spielberg delivers a remarkable and timely film about freedom of the press, a story set in 1971 that has striking echoes for the present. President Nixon, who disdains the press, seeks to prevent publication of embarrassing secret government documents that expose decades of deceit of the American people on the Vietnam War.
Spielberg structures The Post like a thriller, racing a ticking-clock and filled with intrigue. The director has put together a stellar cast for this top-notch thriller, led by Tom Hanks as Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee and Meryl Streep as the paper’s publisher Katharine Graham, the first women publisher of a major daily newspaper.
- 1/12/2018
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The frustration over no women nominated for Best Director at the Golden Globes (and some fear, the Oscars) reached a tipping point when presenter Natalie Portman pointedly introduced the “all-male nominees.” In a year that saw incredible, female-directed films resonate with audiences and critics, it reads as a form of sexism. As the awards race narrows, this frustration is becoming focused on “Lady Bird,” a near universally praised film that has become a leading contender in a number of big categories, including Best Picture, Actress and Screenplay — but possibly, not Director.
Complicating matters is “Lady Bird” doesn’t easily fit into Hollywood or the Academy’s concept of great directing. Guillermo del Toro’s constantly moving and beautifully orchestrated camera in “The Shape of Water” creates a magical sensation that his characters are ready to burst into song at any moment. Steven Spielberg takes potential dry and expository material about...
Complicating matters is “Lady Bird” doesn’t easily fit into Hollywood or the Academy’s concept of great directing. Guillermo del Toro’s constantly moving and beautifully orchestrated camera in “The Shape of Water” creates a magical sensation that his characters are ready to burst into song at any moment. Steven Spielberg takes potential dry and expository material about...
- 1/8/2018
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Frances McDormand won the 2018 Golden Globe for best performance by an actress in a motion picture, drama — and she knows exactly how she wants to celebrate.
“Well, I have a few things to say. All you ladies in this category: bar, tequila is on me!” McDormand said during her acceptance speech for her role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
The veteran actress then got serious when she discussed what it meant for her to be accepting the award in the midst of an important moment for women in the industry.
“So many of you know I keep my politics private,...
“Well, I have a few things to say. All you ladies in this category: bar, tequila is on me!” McDormand said during her acceptance speech for her role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
The veteran actress then got serious when she discussed what it meant for her to be accepting the award in the midst of an important moment for women in the industry.
“So many of you know I keep my politics private,...
- 1/8/2018
- by Ale Russian
- PEOPLE.com
‘The Post’ at Palm Springs Film Festival 2018: Conversation with Director, Stars, Writers & ProducersPalm Springs International Film Festival kicks off the New Year with the most astounding stellar attendees, making their public appearances before the Academy announces its Oscar nominees.Steven Spielberg on the Red Carpet, Psiff
Opening Night film The Post included a conversation with Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, producers Amy Pascal and Kristie Macosko Krieger and screenwriters Liz Hannah and Josh Singer. It was a friendly, open and interesting discussion led by Psiff Artistic Director Michael Lerman.
Producers Amy Pascal an Kristie Macosko Krieger with Michael Lerner
How fascinating to learn that this was Liz Hannah’s first screenplay and that even though she did not have an agent, one enterprising executive at Dreamworks/ Amblin put it on the desk of Amy Pascal who read it in a day and sealed a deal to produce it by that very night.
Opening Night film The Post included a conversation with Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, producers Amy Pascal and Kristie Macosko Krieger and screenwriters Liz Hannah and Josh Singer. It was a friendly, open and interesting discussion led by Psiff Artistic Director Michael Lerman.
Producers Amy Pascal an Kristie Macosko Krieger with Michael Lerner
How fascinating to learn that this was Liz Hannah’s first screenplay and that even though she did not have an agent, one enterprising executive at Dreamworks/ Amblin put it on the desk of Amy Pascal who read it in a day and sealed a deal to produce it by that very night.
- 1/6/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
A featurette has been released for Steven Spielberg’s upcoming true story drama The Post. It features insight into the film from it’s director and two leads Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep. A poster has also been revealed.
In June 1971, The Washington Post’s Katherine Graham (Streep) was still finding her footing as the country’s first female newspaper publisher with the paper’s volatile editor, Ben Bradlee (Hanks) trying to enhance the stature of the struggling, local paper. The two form an unlikely team, coming together to support The New York Times and fight the Nixon Administration’s unprecedented attempt to restrict the first amendment.
Check out the featurette above and the poster below and let us know your thoughts in the comments section.
In June 1971, The Washington Post’s Katherine Graham (Streep) was still finding her footing as the country’s first female newspaper publisher with the paper’s volatile editor, Ben Bradlee (Hanks) trying to enhance the stature of the struggling, local paper. The two form an unlikely team, coming together to support The New York Times and fight the Nixon Administration’s unprecedented attempt to restrict the first amendment.
Check out the featurette above and the poster below and let us know your thoughts in the comments section.
- 1/5/2018
- by Tom Batt
- The Cultural Post
Chicago – For all the films Meryl Streep is privileged to make – which is remarkable considering the industry’s attitude toward older actresses – she has even admitted that the audience may be tired of seeing her. But as publisher Katherine Graham in ‘The Post’, she nails yet another great performance.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Katherine Graham was the owner/publisher of the Washington Post newspaper, taking the reins in 1963 after the previous owner, her husband Phillip, committed suicide. She stayed in that position until 1979, and oversaw the paper’s evolution into an investigative exposer of truth, including the infamous Watergate report series which took down President Richard M. Nixon. “The Post” focuses on a story that came right before Watergate, the publishing of the “Pentagon Papers.” These “Papers” were essentially a classified history of the Vietnam War, put together by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, revealing the mistakes and folly of the U.S. government...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Katherine Graham was the owner/publisher of the Washington Post newspaper, taking the reins in 1963 after the previous owner, her husband Phillip, committed suicide. She stayed in that position until 1979, and oversaw the paper’s evolution into an investigative exposer of truth, including the infamous Watergate report series which took down President Richard M. Nixon. “The Post” focuses on a story that came right before Watergate, the publishing of the “Pentagon Papers.” These “Papers” were essentially a classified history of the Vietnam War, put together by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, revealing the mistakes and folly of the U.S. government...
- 1/4/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
William W. Graham, a scion of the iconic Washington Post publishers Phil and Katharine Graham, died at the age of 69 as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. News of the suicide was first reported by the Post in an official obituary on Saturday. The death follows a tragic path set by his father Phil Graham, who also committed suicide in 1963. His mother, Katherine Graham went on to steer the paper as publisher for two decades and played an integral role during their most famous exposé, Watergate. Also Read: 'The Post' Movie Review: Steven Spielberg Spins a Lean and.
- 12/26/2017
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Tom Hanks is busy promoting his latest film, the Steven Spielberg-directed Watergate docudrama “The Post”, in which he plays former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee opposite Meryl Streep (portraying the newspaper’s then-owner, Katherine Graham) in the true story of how the Post‘s came to publish the infamous “Pentagon Papers.” Traditionally, directors and actors have been eager to […]...
- 12/22/2017
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
The newspaper publisher who helped bring down U.S. President Richard Nixon is to have her life story turned into a TV movie.
Katharine Graham led the Washington Post during the Watergate scandal of the 1970s, and her coverage of the conspiracy led to Nixon's resignation.
Cable network HBO is developing the project. Laura Linney is being lined up to play Graham, who died in 2001 aged 84, and Robert Benton is onboard as director.
Katharine Graham led the Washington Post during the Watergate scandal of the 1970s, and her coverage of the conspiracy led to Nixon's resignation.
Cable network HBO is developing the project. Laura Linney is being lined up to play Graham, who died in 2001 aged 84, and Robert Benton is onboard as director.
- 11/19/2008
- WENN
NEW YORK -- Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, ABC's Bob Woodruff and CBS' Kimberly Dozier will be honored at the 17th annual First Amendment Awards Dinner in Washington.
The awards, set for March 8, are held by the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation. They will honor the journalists' work on freedom of the press in the U.S. and worldwide. Ailes, Dozier, Woodruff and New England Cable News' Philip Balboni are this year's honorees; all are scheduled to attend the dinner.
Ailes will receive the 2006 First Amendment Leadership Award, whose past recipients include Floyd Abrams, Katharine Graham, Don Hewitt, Roone Arledge and Ted Turner, among others. Woodruff and Dozier each will get the Leonard Zeidenberg First Amendment Award, and there will be a tribute to every journalist who has been hurt or killed in covering the war in Iraq. Others who have received the award include Ed Bradley, Sam Donaldson, Jim Lehrer and Diane Sawyer.
The awards, set for March 8, are held by the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation. They will honor the journalists' work on freedom of the press in the U.S. and worldwide. Ailes, Dozier, Woodruff and New England Cable News' Philip Balboni are this year's honorees; all are scheduled to attend the dinner.
Ailes will receive the 2006 First Amendment Leadership Award, whose past recipients include Floyd Abrams, Katharine Graham, Don Hewitt, Roone Arledge and Ted Turner, among others. Woodruff and Dozier each will get the Leonard Zeidenberg First Amendment Award, and there will be a tribute to every journalist who has been hurt or killed in covering the war in Iraq. Others who have received the award include Ed Bradley, Sam Donaldson, Jim Lehrer and Diane Sawyer.
- 1/10/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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