A version of this story first appeared in The Swell, Salon's culture newsletter. Sign up for early access to articles like this, for more culture that's made to last. But near the end of his column, ...

On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026—the day I re-watched All the President’s Men for this piece—the Washington Post effectively ceased to be a newspaper. Reasonable arguments could be made that the firing of ...

Through headlining movies like Jeremiah Johnson, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and All the President's Men, Robert Redford defined a generation of cinema. When looking back on his finest roles ...

All the President’s Men is one of the best political thrillers ever made, but as the movie turns 50, it's become completely irrelevant. On April 9, 1976, All the President’s Men arrived in theaters.

Nighttime. A dim and dingy car park. Woefully inadequate fluorescent lights flicker and buzz overhead. Two men stand in half-shadow. One is barely visible, his face almost entirely swallowed by ...