Spotlight
And... we're back. Sorry for the lack of updates recently but this particular film is a particularly great way to get back into the swing of things. I do fully intend to have a roundup of all the major Oscar films and a full review of the achingly beautiful Room (spoiler: it gets a 10/10 from me) at the very least. Watch this space, as they say... This review is also up at Channel 24 . What it's about The true story of a team of investigative journalists from the Boston Globe who, in the early 2000s, uncovered a conspiracy to hide a widespread epidemic of child molestation at the hands of Catholic priests throughout the city. What we thought By turns a glowing tribute to the power of a dying breed of investigative journalism, an exploration of institutionalized evil and an examination of how a city's power structure affects an individual with lifelong ties to said city, Spotlight may not exactly be big on high-octane thrills but it's a highly ...