Steven Spielberg’s excellent Pentagon Papers exposé thriller comes straight from the facts. If the project wasn’t begun in 2014 we’d think it was a direct response to today’s attacks on the news media. We’ll take it as that anyway. It’s a fine performing showcase for Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, and the direction creates exciting drama without a single car chase, assassination attempt or superhero.
The Post
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital
20th Fox
2017 / Color /1:85 widescreen / 116 min. / Street Date April 17, 2018 / 34.99
Starring: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood, Matthew Rhys, Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, Jesse Plemons, Michael Stuhlbarg.
Cinematography: Janusz Kaminsky
Film Editors: Michael Kahn, Sarah Broshar
Original Music: John Williams
Written by Liz Hannah, Josh Singer
Produced by Kristie Macosko Krieger, Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Imagine that — a new movie with almost no characters under thirty years of age.
The Post
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital
20th Fox
2017 / Color /1:85 widescreen / 116 min. / Street Date April 17, 2018 / 34.99
Starring: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood, Matthew Rhys, Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, Jesse Plemons, Michael Stuhlbarg.
Cinematography: Janusz Kaminsky
Film Editors: Michael Kahn, Sarah Broshar
Original Music: John Williams
Written by Liz Hannah, Josh Singer
Produced by Kristie Macosko Krieger, Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Imagine that — a new movie with almost no characters under thirty years of age.
- 5/3/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
(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
Bob Odenkirk has inked a deal to co-produce and star in Nobody, a revenge thriller from STXfilms, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
In the pic, Odenkirk, who currently stars on AMC's Better Call Saul, where he plays the quick-talking lawyer Jimmy McGill, and plays journalist Ben Bagdikian in The Post, will play a man who rescues a woman pursued by thugs, only to find one of them is the brother of a drug lord.
Before Odenkirk struck gold with his role on Better Call Saul, the veteran funnyman completed three stints as a writer on Saturday Night Live. He also...
In the pic, Odenkirk, who currently stars on AMC's Better Call Saul, where he plays the quick-talking lawyer Jimmy McGill, and plays journalist Ben Bagdikian in The Post, will play a man who rescues a woman pursued by thugs, only to find one of them is the brother of a drug lord.
Before Odenkirk struck gold with his role on Better Call Saul, the veteran funnyman completed three stints as a writer on Saturday Night Live. He also...
- 1/11/2018
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After five films together, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg are close friends. However, Hanks also serves in another essential, unpaid role on Spielberg’s sets: acting coach.
Spielberg is infamous for not rehearsing his cast, expecting them to turn up on set fully prepared to step in front of his camera. This was especially true on “The Post,” which was on a fast track, even for the efficient filmmaker: Production began May 1, less than eight months before its December 22 release date. Hanks decided to take the newsroom gang aside for some much-needed prep.
“I knew how Steve worked,” Hanks said. “I had to figure out in different circumstances how this guy made movies. So just a little forwarding could go a long way. ‘Look, let’s get together off the books over pie and coffee and read through the stuff we have. I will try to explain to you the...
Spielberg is infamous for not rehearsing his cast, expecting them to turn up on set fully prepared to step in front of his camera. This was especially true on “The Post,” which was on a fast track, even for the efficient filmmaker: Production began May 1, less than eight months before its December 22 release date. Hanks decided to take the newsroom gang aside for some much-needed prep.
“I knew how Steve worked,” Hanks said. “I had to figure out in different circumstances how this guy made movies. So just a little forwarding could go a long way. ‘Look, let’s get together off the books over pie and coffee and read through the stuff we have. I will try to explain to you the...
- 12/20/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
After five films together, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg are close friends. However, Hanks also serves in another essential, unpaid role on Spielberg’s sets: acting coach.
Spielberg is infamous for not rehearsing his cast, expecting them to turn up on set fully prepared to step in front of his camera. This was especially true on “The Post,” which was on a fast track, even for the efficient filmmaker: Production began May 1, less than eight months before its December 22 release date. Hanks decided to take the newsroom gang aside for some much-needed prep.
“I knew how Steve worked,” Hanks said. “I had to figure out in different circumstances how this guy made movies. So just a little forwarding could go a long way. ‘Look, let’s get together off the books over pie and coffee and read through the stuff we have. I will try to explain to you the...
Spielberg is infamous for not rehearsing his cast, expecting them to turn up on set fully prepared to step in front of his camera. This was especially true on “The Post,” which was on a fast track, even for the efficient filmmaker: Production began May 1, less than eight months before its December 22 release date. Hanks decided to take the newsroom gang aside for some much-needed prep.
“I knew how Steve worked,” Hanks said. “I had to figure out in different circumstances how this guy made movies. So just a little forwarding could go a long way. ‘Look, let’s get together off the books over pie and coffee and read through the stuff we have. I will try to explain to you the...
- 12/20/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The First Amendment has been front and center in the press under President Donald Trump’s administration. That’s what makes Steven Spielberg’s new movie so incredibly timely.
The director’s latest drama The Post chronicles The Washington Post‘s 1971 effort to publish the legendary Pentagon Papers over the objections of the United States government. Starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, the film was recently nominated for six Golden Globe awards.
Ahead of the film’s Dec. 22 release, here is the extraordinary true story behind The Post:
Introduction to the Pentagon Papers
In the early spring 1971, Washington Post...
The director’s latest drama The Post chronicles The Washington Post‘s 1971 effort to publish the legendary Pentagon Papers over the objections of the United States government. Starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, the film was recently nominated for six Golden Globe awards.
Ahead of the film’s Dec. 22 release, here is the extraordinary true story behind The Post:
Introduction to the Pentagon Papers
In the early spring 1971, Washington Post...
- 12/20/2017
- by Jodi Guglielmi
- PEOPLE.com
The first thing to know about The Post, aside from the fact that it's one of best and tick-tock timeliest movies of the year, is that it's a love story. That's right. Steven Spielberg's tense, terrific new drama celebrates the passionate bond between a free press and every thinking human being, however diminished the species in Trump's America.
The film is set in 1971, when Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham (Meryl Streep) and editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks) decided to defy threats from the Nixon White House and publish the Pentagon Papers,...
The film is set in 1971, when Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham (Meryl Streep) and editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks) decided to defy threats from the Nixon White House and publish the Pentagon Papers,...
- 12/14/2017
- Rollingstone.com
The first thing to know about The Post, aside from the fact that it's one of best and tick-tock timeliest movies of the year, is that it's a love story. That's right. Steven Spielberg's tense, terrific new drama celebrates the passionate bond between a free press and every thinking human being, however diminished the species in Trump's America.
The film is set in 1971, when Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham (Meryl Streep) and editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks) decided to defy threats from the Nixon White House and publish the Pentagon Papers,...
The film is set in 1971, when Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham (Meryl Streep) and editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks) decided to defy threats from the Nixon White House and publish the Pentagon Papers,...
- 12/14/2017
- Rollingstone.com
There’s topical, there’s timely, and then there’s “The Post,” which feels less like a historical thriller set in 1971 than it does an exhilarating caricature of the year 2017. While Steven Spielberg’s latest film rivetingly dramatizes the publication of the Pentagon Papers (and eloquently unpacks the consequences of their dissemination), “The Post” wears the Nixon era like a flimsy disguise that it wants you to see right through.
That’s not to take away from Ann Roth’s ratty and exquisite period costume design, or to detract from how immaculately set decorator Rena DeAngelo recreated the smokey thrum of the old Washington Post newsroom. It’s certainly not to diminish Meryl Streep’s fraught and powerfully grounded portrayal of the late publishing scion Katharine Graham — she hasn’t been this good since “Adaptation,” or maybe even “Death Becomes Her,” if ever.
On the contrary, it’s just to...
That’s not to take away from Ann Roth’s ratty and exquisite period costume design, or to detract from how immaculately set decorator Rena DeAngelo recreated the smokey thrum of the old Washington Post newsroom. It’s certainly not to diminish Meryl Streep’s fraught and powerfully grounded portrayal of the late publishing scion Katharine Graham — she hasn’t been this good since “Adaptation,” or maybe even “Death Becomes Her,” if ever.
On the contrary, it’s just to...
- 12/6/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Meryl Streep puts in an astounding performance in Steven Spielberg's The Post. Here's our review...
It’s not been uncommon for Steven Spielberg, in his directorial career, to stack projects and get through two or three films in a very contracted amount of time. The man himself admitted that by the time he came to make Saving Private Ryan – immediately following The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Amistad – that he was near-exhausted, and working heavily on instinct. An instinct that would win him a Best Director Oscar. Who knows if history will repeat itself.
After all, instinct is clearly at work in his new film, The Post, too. This is a movie that even in January, Spielberg wasn’t clear he was going to do, let alone this year. Instead, he was making Ready Player One (due in March), and whilst that movie has been in post-production, Spielberg announced,...
It’s not been uncommon for Steven Spielberg, in his directorial career, to stack projects and get through two or three films in a very contracted amount of time. The man himself admitted that by the time he came to make Saving Private Ryan – immediately following The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Amistad – that he was near-exhausted, and working heavily on instinct. An instinct that would win him a Best Director Oscar. Who knows if history will repeat itself.
After all, instinct is clearly at work in his new film, The Post, too. This is a movie that even in January, Spielberg wasn’t clear he was going to do, let alone this year. Instead, he was making Ready Player One (due in March), and whilst that movie has been in post-production, Spielberg announced,...
- 12/6/2017
- Den of Geek
Oscar royalty Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep appear onscreen for the first time in Steven Spielberg's new trailer for film drama The Post, which documents the Pentagon Papers scandal.
Streep portrays The Washington Post's Katharine Graham, the first female publisher of a major American newspaper, and Hanks plays the paper's editor, Ben Bradlee – both of whom risk their careers and personal security to help expose a cover-up of government secrets spanning three decades and four presidents.
The clip opens with a TV news report on The New York Times'...
Streep portrays The Washington Post's Katharine Graham, the first female publisher of a major American newspaper, and Hanks plays the paper's editor, Ben Bradlee – both of whom risk their careers and personal security to help expose a cover-up of government secrets spanning three decades and four presidents.
The clip opens with a TV news report on The New York Times'...
- 11/8/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Meryl Streep, Director Steven Spielberg, and Tom Hanks on the set of The Post. Photo Credit: Niko Tavernise.
Opening during awards season on December 22 is the much anticipated The Post from 20th Century Fox.
Steven Spielberg directs Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks in The Post, a thrilling drama about the unlikely partnership between The Washington Post’s Katharine Graham (Streep), the first female publisher of a major American newspaper, and editor Ben Bradlee (Hanks), as they race to catch up with The New York Times to expose a massive cover-up of government secrets that spanned three decades and four U.S. Presidents. The two must overcome their differences as they risk their careers – and their very freedom – to help bring long-buried truths to light.
The Post marks the first time Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg have collaborated on a project. Streep has been nominated for 20 Academy Awards, winning three Oscars (The Iron Lady,...
Opening during awards season on December 22 is the much anticipated The Post from 20th Century Fox.
Steven Spielberg directs Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks in The Post, a thrilling drama about the unlikely partnership between The Washington Post’s Katharine Graham (Streep), the first female publisher of a major American newspaper, and editor Ben Bradlee (Hanks), as they race to catch up with The New York Times to expose a massive cover-up of government secrets that spanned three decades and four U.S. Presidents. The two must overcome their differences as they risk their careers – and their very freedom – to help bring long-buried truths to light.
The Post marks the first time Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg have collaborated on a project. Streep has been nominated for 20 Academy Awards, winning three Oscars (The Iron Lady,...
- 11/8/2017
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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