The Post

Dir. Steven Spielberg

20th Century Fox

In a time when the lies of politicians dominate nearly every headline and news story around us, there may be no more appropriate motion picture for this era than The Post.  Helmed by director Steven Spielberg and starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks among others, the film does an astounding job depicting the events surround the publication of the Pentagon Papers (a secret military history of United States involvement in Vietnam) by the New York Times and Washington Post in 1971. Treated with all of the respect and delicacy the story deserves, The Post is exceptional and one not to be missed. (Simon Weedn)