If the fates smile on his efforts, he’ll have a couple more venues for that nervous energy, as the film looks poised to bring home quite a few awards this season.
So it’s only natural that Steven Spielberg, a director who admits he does the same when he approaches his craft, would be the one to bring this story into the world.
With a pot-boiler plot that recalls the struggles of The Washington Post and their role in the publication of the Pentagon Papers, The Post is a film that thrives on suspense in the familiar.