Awards
In 2012, Joshua Oppenheimer jolted the nonfiction film world with “The Act of Killing,” a fly-on-the-wall account of the perpetrators of the 1965 Indonesian genocide as they stage re-enactments of their horrific crimes.
Oct. 2, 2014
Movies
IN THE BEDROOM, Seven Stories, By Andre Dubus, Vintage: 150 pp., $11 paper
March 24, 2002
In ‘Act of Killing,’ a shocking look at mass murder
Sept. 15, 2012
Joshua Oppenheimer’s gripping documentary ‘The Act of Killing’ has Indonesian national heroes re-create their violence cinematically.
July 25, 2013
Channing Tatum calls new role his ‘hardest acting challenge’
Oct. 5, 2012
Review: ‘The Act of Killing’ re-creates Indonesian slaughters
The late actor appeared in Oscar fare such as “The Killing Fields” and “A Room With a View,” plus the crowd-pleasers “Warlock” and “Arachnophobia.”
June 27, 2023
Joshua Oppenheimer, the director of the acclaimed Indonesian genocide documentary “The Act of Killing,” has been named a member of the 2014 class of MacArthur Fellows.
Sept. 17, 2014
Politics
The targeted killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Suleimani unleashed debate on Capitol Hill over whether the action amounted to an act of war and if the White House had the authority to undertake it without congressional approval.
Jan. 3, 2020
I was sitting around Eddie Paul’s place one day talking to Doomsday, Dirt and the boys about the movie “Leopards,” which is a brilliantly acted drama about outlaw bikers who save a young boy from the evil influence of a street gang.
June 30, 1988