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All The President’s Men at 50: one of the finest films about investigative journalism ever made

Nighttime. A dim and dingy car park. Woefully inadequate fluorescent lights flicker and buzz overhead. Two men stand in half-shadow. One is barely visible, his face almost entirely swallowed by darkness. His voice is low and gravelly:

The Conversation · Apr 6

One Battle After Another: this insane movie about leftwing radicals and rightwing institutions is a powerful exploration of US today

The recent death of Robert Redford was a reminder of just how much All the President’s Men unsettled old certainties about American democracy. An exposé of the Watergate scandal of 1972 (when members of the campaign to re-elect Richard Nixon were caught planting secret recording devices at the Democratic National…

The Conversation · Sep 24, 2025

The 33 greatest Harrison Ford movies

He's been Han Solo, Indiana Jones, Jack Ryan, and oh so many more

Total Film · Oct 2, 2024

The Secret History turns 30: the enduring cult appeal of Donna Tartt’s campus novel

Why has no one made ‘The Secret History’ into a film? And does Donna Tartt really take her pet pugs everywhere? Three decades since it was published, Katie Rosseinsky looks at the novel’s legacy

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2022

50 years ago, Watergate changed the American political thriller forever

When Richard Nixon’s administration covered up its involvement in the 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee’s offices, a new cinematic catnip was born.

Inverse · Jun 17, 2022