Steven Spielberg’s historical drama The Post is drawing rave reactions from critics on social media, ahead of the start of its Oscar-qualifying limited theatrical run in December. The film boasts an all-star cast of character actors, led by frequent Spielberg collaborator Tom Hanks and three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep, and recounts the true story of how The Washington Post – under Katherine Graham (Streep), the first female publisher of a major U.S. newspaper, and her editor Ben Bradlee (Hanks) – sought to shine a light on the infamous Pentagon Papers, despite the efforts of then-President Richard Nixon’s administration to keep the incriminating documents under wraps.
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