This is a movie with real and immediate relevance to the crisis both society and print journalism find themselves in right now. A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country’s first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Streep and Hanks shine in Spielberg’s timely defense of the press and its freedom to expose corruption — even when it implicates or embarrasses those in political power.

Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Liz Hannah, Josh Singer
Stars: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson

Rated: PG-13

Runtime: 1hr 55min