Drama · History
American
2015 · Directed by Tom McCarthy · 129 min
In 2001, a new editor arrives at the Boston Globe and asks its small investigative unit to look closely at a story the city has treated as isolated. A quiet, procedural drama about reporting: patient, talky, and driven by documents and doorsteps rather than spectacle.
Why it matters in cinema history
A late entry in the tradition of the American investigative-journalism film, it revived the plain, procedural style of 1970s dramas for a new era of institutional scandal.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a study of how institutions and communities stay quiet, and how patient routine can break that silence.
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