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Spotlight

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Directed by Tom McCarthy

The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core. From TMDB

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Spotlight is a 2015 drama history film, directed by Tom McCarthy, starring Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton and Rachel McAdams.

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  • Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 3, 2026

    Inside the investigation that shook the Catholic Church. Boston Globe reporters look back on the phenomenal work they did exposing the widespread & historic abuse of children by Catholic Priests and subsequent cover up by the Church itself. SPOTLIGHT (2015) Tom McCarthy’s film won 2 Oscars.

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  • Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 11, 2025

    I’m a big fan of cynical journo movies – I love a film with a nasty New York Mag profiler as the charming villain! — but although there are serious movies like Spotlight, I guess I wish there was a fun, serious ensemble show like ER about modern journalism

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  • Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 4, 2025

    in no particular order, a film festival of what I consider PEAK Willett-Style Catholicism content: -Disney “Robin Hood” -“Conclave” -“Spotlight” -the death penalty West Wing episode -“Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade” -“Jesus Christ Superstar” -“Stigmata” -“Fleabag” -“Seven Fishes” from The Bear

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  • Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 1, 2026

    If issues don't bear on common troubles, then focusing on "the issues" — as against the horse race — may not be the answer it seems to be. Also: Great journalism puts a spotlight on troubles and turns them into issues, which is exactly what the movie, "Spotlight" is all about. 17/

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  • Philip Bump @pbump.comBluesky · Sep 17, 2025

    Rewatching this, it stands out how Spotlight echoes the beats of this movie.

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  • Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 31, 2026

    TL;DR he saw the movie Spotlight on a plane once and decided Catholicism was the right path to achieve his goals

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  • David Astle (alias DA) @dontattempt.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 21, 2025

    Right actor-right film: Ryan Gosling - Wild Geese Naomi Watts - Spotlight Ben Stiller - Dead Calm Reese Witherspoon - Duck Soup Emma Stone - The Rock Tom Cruise - Titanic Kevin Bacon - Babe Brad Pitt - Holes Minnie Driver - The Italian Job Chris Hemsworth - The Dressmaker

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  • Berg on a Wire @bergonawire.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 15, 2025

    #JuneMovieChallenge Movie about a scandal Spotlight (2015) About the Boston Globe exposing the Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal An important movie about the power of journalism especially when it doesn't bend the knee to those in power

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  • Rebecca Williams @rebeccawilliams.infoBluesky · Nov 12, 2025

    this is like the film Spotlight except instead of many priests it’s one president and instead of the Boston Globe eventually righting their mistake w/ a new editor it’s unclear if NYT will investigate this seriously

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  • Brent Terhune @brentterhune.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 3, 2025

    Spotlight is a Christmas movie

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  • William Peter MacMason @wpmacmason.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 21, 2025

    Beta Starship Spotlight USS Chaffee This lovely physical model by John Payne manages to plant a flag equidistant between 3 of the 4 TMP movie era Starfleet ships: Constitution Refit, Miranda, and Oberth. Truly a visually fetching achievement!

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  • Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 26, 2025

    If issues as framed don't bear on common troubles, then focusing on "the issues" — as against the horse race — may not be the answer it seems to be. Also: Great journalism puts a spotlight on troubles and turns them into issues, which is exactly what the movie, "Spotlight" is about. 17/

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  • Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 2, 2026

    For those who want to see an encouraging story about journalism, YouTube is offering free access to Spotlight, the 2015 film on how investigative journalists at the Boston Globe exposed the Catholic Church's history of covering up instances when priests abused young people. WATCH: loom.ly/ZJk2t2M

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  • Lise Dykes @lhdonline.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 6, 2026

    It is one of the bigger takeaways from the very excellent film Spotlight—to demonstrate how much time, focus, influence, resources, and sheer hard work by multiple people it takes to really thoroughly cover something large and important.

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  • Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 18, 2026

    Tom McCarthy insisted on a "zero-style" cinematography for SPOTLIGHT (2015) He banned dramatic camera swoops or flashy lighting, wanting the film to feel like an "unvarnished, blue-collar" procedural. This superb Movie premiered 11yrs ago today.

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  • CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 23, 2026

    Absolutely incredible thread, deserves a film treatment on par with All the President’s Men or Spotlight or Denial, and fuck the Beeb for perfidy.

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  • HappyToast @happytoast.co.ukBluesky · Mar 23, 2026

    Dark Waters is a great film that everyone should watch, a bit like Spotlight. While on the subject of Chemicals I see the farmers are out spraying fields which means a few days of dizziness and headaches which I'm assured is nothing.

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  • Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    A great sequence from a really great, really important Movie — which premiered 11yrs ago today. SPOTLIGHT (2015) #MarkRuffalo #MichaelKeaton #TomMcCarthy

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  • Wario64 @wario64.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 14, 2026

    Spielberg 8-Film Steelbook Library Case Spotlight Collection (4K UHD + Blu-ray + Digital) up for preorder on Amazon exclusive ($199.99) amzn.to/4tESpbk #ad

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  • Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 21, 2025

    Finally bit the bullet and bought from Spotlight Displays. If you want a snap in frame for a movie poster their reputation is peerless, and basically everyone says they’re great. Their website also looks like this.

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  • Steed & Peel 23 @steedpeel23.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 5, 2026

    Keaton is extremely versatile. My favorite performance of his was in the movie Spotlight. It was not flashy or showy. It was his most genuine & relatable.

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  • merriam 🇰🇳 @merriam.blacksky.appBluesky · Jul 21, 2025

    Superman (2025) is the most pro-journalism movie I’ve seen since Spotlight. I’m not kidding

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  • Jeremy Klaszus @klaszus.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 25, 2025

    I love a good journalism movie (Spotlight, The Post, etc). It feels like we are witnessing one being written in Alberta as we speak. Who will play @carrietait.bsky.social & @alannasmith.bsky.social & @natepike.bsky.social? Here for it.

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  • The Film Stage @thefilmstage.comBluesky · Aug 4, 2026

    Godzilla Minus Zero sets world premiere as the 64th New York Film Festival Spotlight Gala, taking place September 26.

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  • Darkness Pauls 🎃 @paulle.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 3, 2025

    Oh, hey, I'm part of the Critic Spotlight on 🍅 this month. www.rottentomatoes.com/critics #FilmSky

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  • cristy, obviously @analogretrovision.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 29, 2025

    Same with Jehovahs Witnesses and same ofc with Catholic priests (the film Spotlight won awards about the latter).

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  • Kat La Ronde @katlaronde.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 17, 2025

    All the players are comparing their diaries and typing up timelines of events to cross reference while compiling newspaper clippings. It’s like a scene from Spotlight. Dracula is a Paperwork Movie.

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  • Animation Magazine @animag.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 20, 2026

    Annecy Spotlight: Duncan Jones and Stuart Fenegan Break Down the DNA of Their New Sci-Fi Movie, 'Rogue Trooper' #roguetrooper #2000AD #duncanjones #annecy2026

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  • Neckties of Noir @neckties-of-noir.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 5, 2025

    #filmsky #moviesky #journalism #childrape Michael Keaton #BOTD in the Best Picture Oscar-winning, incredibly important film Spotlight (2015)

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  • Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 28, 2025

    SPOTLIGHT is the best movie about journalism at its best, but ACE IN THE HOLE is the best movie about journalism at ... not its best.

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  • Pazuzus fathers brothers nephews cousins former roommate @mark-80.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 9, 2026

    #NowWatching Spotlight (2015) Dir: Tom McCarthy

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  • Sam Bergman @violanorth.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 27, 2025

    Rewatching Spotlight for the first time since I saw it in the theater, and man, what a film that was.

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  • Video Store Heiress @videostoreheiress.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 16, 2025

    I was born in 1980... l'm choosing one movie per day from each year to today. Spotlight is the only movie in the world that even comes close to All the President's Men… Another great movie shot in Massachusetts!!! 🍿🎬🎥 📺📽️ #filmsky #moviesky #moviechallenge Day 36/45 2015 #NEFilmCrew #MassFilm

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  • kdrama news @kdramanews.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 21, 2024

    The film #LoveInTheBigCity, starring #NohSangHyun and #KimGoEun, has been invited to the following prestigious international film festivals: 1. 19th London Korean Film Festival as the closing film (Nov 6-13). 2. 44th Hawaii International Film Festival (Spotlight on Korea section).

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  • Lary Crews © @larycrews.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    Today's movie (Monday 10-12-26) is Spotlight (2015) a pure celebration of journalists doing what they do best.

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  • Nate Corddry @natecorddry.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 4, 2025

    Let’s end the debate right now, ok? YES Spotlight is a Christmas movie.

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  • Sam Bergman @violanorth.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 27, 2025

    I'll watch pretty much any movie about journalists on a mission, but I don't think it's ever been done better than Spotlight.

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  • Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 19, 2025

    This is the movie that made me want to be a journalist. Spotlight is doing the same for the next generation.

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  • jack @jackalltogether.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 27, 2026

    we did, they made a movie about it called “Spotlight”

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  • Michael @michaelsten.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 9, 2024

    'Spotlight' is a powerful and compelling investigative biographical drama. #filmsky #films #filmscore www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwdC...

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  • 10levelfusion.bsky.social @10levelfusion.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 20, 2025

    Spotlight. What a great film!

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  • Jen Johans @filmintuition.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 29, 2026

    Video Clip from the audio-only podcast: Watch With Jen - S7: E25 - Spotlight on You Must Remember This with Karina Longworth (@karinalongworth.bsky.social @rememberthispod.bsky.social) Karina Recommends 2 Classic Film Books (& Kay Francis) www.youtube.com/shorts/9GHb3...

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  • Jeff Dubner @dubner.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 28, 2025

    bsky.app/profile/dubn... Spotlight is also a spot-on lawyer movie, in addition to being my journalist friends' favorite journalism movie.

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  • Lary Crews © @larycrews.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    The Spotlight team won a Pulitzer Prize in 2003 for their reporting. The film is the story of that investigation. Spotlight is a great newspaper movie based on the old-school model. The truth in that edition, the evil it describes, will be a wound in the psyche of millions, but it must come out.

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  • Peter Sterne @petersterne.comBluesky · Jul 12, 2025

    As a journalist, I also really appreciated how the movie recognized that Clark, Lois and Jimmy are reporters! Parts of the movie definitely have "Spotlight" vibes.

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  • dkhunter, Crawling Chaos, Reluctant 🇨🇦 Nationalist @dkhunter.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 27, 2026

    Correct, this is why Fury Road is in fact a better film than Spotlight

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  • Willie Muse @williesillie2.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 24, 2025

    I want an Ann Reardon movie from the director of Spotlight

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  • Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 10, 2023

    "Spotlight" is such a great movie. We need more great journalism movies.

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  • Lary Crews © @larycrews.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    But good long-form journalism still exists. Such work is as important now as it has ever been. “Spotlight” is the kind of movie where a scene showing a group of reporters huddled over church directories, taking notes in silence, becomes a gripping sequence.

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  • Evan W @ev-wess.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    The Social Reckoning (2026) Not The Social Network 2 The Mummy (1999) I'm sorry I don't love this like milennials do Digger (2026) The feel-bad movie of the year Spotlight (2015) 98% perfect #movies #filmsky #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

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  • Tony Martin @tonymartin.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 28, 2024

    Who would have thought that Channel Seven's 'Spotlight' could get even creepier than the movie 'Spotlight'.

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  • Lissa Harris 🌈🗑️🔥⚔️🐀 @lissaharris.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 9, 2026

    they made a movie about the Globe Spotlight team

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  • Brandon Bird @brandonbird.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 21, 2026

    The film Spotlight has been retitled Spotlight: Adventures in the Boston Universe

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  • Sajam @sajamfgc.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    ASW New Studio/Game, Samira Champion Spotlight, SF Movie Review (No Spoilers), Gaming! www.twitch.tv/sajam

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  • 97865342.bsky.social @97865342.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 28, 2026

    Loved him in the movie Spotlight

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  • 🪾⛈️🪾 @firstnamebob.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2026

    #Horrorsky #Moviesky Spotlight: for your October Horror Watch Anguish (1987) Director: Bigas Luna This strange meta-horror movie was way ahead of the curve in 87. Zelda Rubinstein and Michael Lerner play a twisted mother/son in this under the radar gem

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  • Audio Groove Cats @rideyr.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 18, 2024

    Excellent film. Spotlight Tom McCarthy (2015) #movies #film

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  • Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 18, 2026

    Oct 18, 1922, the first movie to get a big #Hollywood premiere is Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood. Spotlight: www.boldoutlaw.com/robspot/doug... #RobinHood #OTD #DouglasFairbanks #silentmovies

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  • Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.caBluesky · Oct 23, 2026

    Romances by Dinah Lewis and yes, you guessed it, that's Krista! Spotlight: an author who values her privacy falls for a movie star www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/... Impressions: modern Pride & Prejudice retelling with Lizzy fundraising for her homeless drop-in centre www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...

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  • Tavie rhymes w/grav(e)y(ard) 🪦 @tavie.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 17, 2026

    “The Social Reckoning” was way better than I expected it to be but I was hoping for more underlining, highlighting, and circling of things like in that investigative journalism classic, “Spotlight”. Now that was a movie that knew how to zoom in on a pen underlining a word.

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