Maker Of Anonymous (The It-Wasn’t-Shakespeare Movie) Defends Himself

“I wanted my script to be as factually accurate as possible. But I also wanted to tell a rocking good story and to express a theme that matters to me a great deal: that the pen is mightier than the sword. … The truth is, there is no truth in film–in any film. Even the films that we think are true, about real people in real places, actually aren’t.”

Then Again, Arts Students Are Our Future. Shouldn’t We Support That?

“If universities have a primary purpose it is as forums of open curiosity and rigorous criticism, as microcosms of democracy and free inquiry,” says British commenter Tim Adams. “Students should be totally immersed in the here and now of what they might be capable of, and making money from it should not only be the very least of their concerns, but all the more likely the less thought they give to it.”

An Artist Gives The FBI Everything They Ask, And A Whole Lot More

In 2002, the FBI detained artist Hasan Elahi at the airport after a false report about his storage locker. Elahi started emailing the FBI his whereabouts and plans. Then things got more complex – and he reports everything about his life to anyone who wants to know. (And apparently the FBI, CIA and Department of Homeland Security have an interest.)