NOVEMBER 2015 | HUFFINGTON POST — I’m one of the journalists portrayed in the movie Spotlight, which was recently released. It follows our team of investigative reporters at The Boston Globe as we slowly uncover decades of sexual abuse by Catholic priests and the systemic coverups of the misdeeds by their superiors. We’ve been to screenings in Boston, New York, and Los Angeles. The experience has been everything you might expect it — great and wonderful and, frankly, a little weird. READ STORY
With ‘Spotlight,’ Victims of Child Sex Abuse by Catholic Priests Feel Empowered
Feb. 23, 2016 | LOS ANGELES TIMES — Since “Spotlight’s” November release, many abuse survivors and relatives have felt empowered to share their own harrowing stories — some for the first time. They’ve also been enlisted to join in the movie’s awards season campaign by Open Road Films and Participant Media (the companies that produced and financed the picture), helping to underscore its societal influence. READ STORY
“Spotlight” a Whip-smart Retelling of Clergy Molestation Exposé
NOVEMBER 2015 | CANADIAN BROADCASTING COMPANY — “Like the investigative reporters the movie documents, Spotlight is a film that is as unsexy as it is determined. This is a story about corruption and conspiracy; about a cloud of complicity that settles around Boston — thicker than those accents Hollywood just can’t get enough of.”
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Spotlight Co-star Neal Huff: Why Didn’t the Church Treat Abusers as Criminals?
December 2015 | PARADE — “I can’t fathom why the church refused to treat the abusers as criminals. If you had a house infested with roaches wouldn’t you want to get rid of the roaches? Not move them into other rooms.”
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Radiant “Spotlight” Illuminates How Boston Globe Covered Church Sex Scandal
NOVEMBER 2015 | LOS ANGELES TIMES — “”Spotlight” is mightily impressive not only because of the importance of the story it tells but also because of how much effort and skill went into bringing it to the screen in the best possible way. The entire “Spotlight” team understood a key tenet of the profession: If you have a good story, over-hyping it will be counterproductive.”
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Spotlight: It’s Boston Globe vs. Catholic Church
NOVEMBER 2015 | ROLLING STONE — “Bravo to director Tom McCarthy, who wrote the richly detailed script with Josh Singer. There’s not an ounce of Hollywood bullshit in it. Our eyes and ears are the Spotlight team, played by exceptional actors who could not be better or more fully committed.”
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Shtumi in the Spotlight: How to Turn an Info-Heavy Story Into Riveting Drama
NOVEMBER 2015 | MOVIEMAKER — “Condensing true-life stories into screenplays is hard. I’ve spent the past dozen years trying to figure out how to do it and I’ve still got lots to learn. Part of the secret to making talky, information-heavy movies cinematic is making sure the talk you do have is as clear and concise as possible. I’ll get specific on that in a second. First I have to talk about shtumi.”
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“Spotlight” and Its Revelations
DECEMBER 2015 | THE NEW YORKER — “Since seeing the movie “Spotlight,” about the Boston Globe investigation of sexual abuse and coverups in the Catholic Church, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it and the questions it raises—about how far institutions will go to protect themselves, about who we listen to and protect, about who and what we ignore, about the power of disclosure and even conversation.”
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Spotlight on the Reporters Who Uncovered Boston’s Catholic Abuse Scandal
JANUARY 2016 | THE GUARDIAN (UK) — ““The Catholic church often talks about this as pain that’s in the past,” says Spotlight’s co-screenwriter, Josh Singer. “I think the survivors would tell you they’re less interested in the church trying to make amends and more interested in the church protecting children in the future.”
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‘Spotlight’ Film Illuminates Boston Clergy Abuse Scandal
November 4, 2015 | AP — It was a scandal that shook the Roman Catholic Church to its core: Hundreds of priests molested children for decades and got away with it because church leaders covered it up.
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