Truth (2015)

For his directorial debut, James Vanderbilt, who wrote the screenplay for the 2007 David Fincher-directed Zodiac, returns to the newsroom. This time, instead of following journalists as they painstakingly work, with lives at stake, to solve an insoluble mystery, Vanderbilt, who adapted the script from “60 Minutes II” producer Mary Mapes’ memoir Truth and Duty: The Press, the President and the Privilege of Power, ironically attempts to clarify the events of a scandal by obscuring them. Read the full review here.