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2015’s Top Picks from FF2 Managing Editor Jan Lisa Huttner
BEST ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILMS
1.) The Big Short
Riveting story about the the “Subprime Mortgage Crisis” of 2008. The Big Short is told as a high octane comedy by filmmakers who trust their audience to understand that it’s actually a tragedy, with aftershocks that continue to this day.… read more.
WHEN BRIGID MET BILL: PART TWO
By Associate Editor Brigid K. Presecky
With the timely releases of Truth and Spotlight, FF2 Media chats with retired Chicago Tribune newspaperman William F. Presecky on these two films’ themes and depiction of reporters, as well as the future of investigative journalism.
Q: Obviously both Truth and Spotlight center around similar subject matter in terms of investigative journalism.… read more.
WHEN BRIGID MET BILL: PART ONE
By FF2 Media Associate Editor Brigid K. Presecky
In today’s world of increasingly accessible information, with speed appearing to be more valued than accuracy, discernment is still needed … at least according to longtime Chicago Tribune reporter William F. Presecky. “Newspapers need somebody who sorts out information in a faithful, truthful way.”… read more.