THE POST.

• Author: Slade, Stephanie
• Position: FILM - Movie review

Steven Spielberg brings his cinematographic chops to bear in The Post, which tells the mostly true story of one newspaper's efforts in the early '70s to build and publish an expose on America's role in Vietnam. Dramatic lighting and meticulous shots of lead type clicking into place and printing presses groaning into gear are sure to get any First Amendment lover's libido going. The film is 116 minutes of high-production-value journalism porn.

To be sure, at a moment when the president of the United States publicly ruminates on techniques for censoring critical news outlets, there's a case for celebrating reporters and publishers, past and present, willing to risk anything to protect their sources and bring the truth to light. An all-star cast including Bradley Whitford, Matthew Rhys, and Bob Odenkirk--to say nothing of headliners Tom...