#ethan-coen

#ethan-coen

Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

Sometimes a filmmaker you love makes a movie so bad it forces you to question your whole reality. I'm not talking about your run-of-the-mill misfire. Movies are complicated and fragile organisms, and even the best director can't control for all the variables that can turn a potential masterpiece into a noble failure. (When I first started writing about movies, I couldn't understand why there were so many bad ones. Now, I think it's a miracle that any of them are good.)