Trumbo, a documentary film released today, tells the story of blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo’s courage in resolutely refusing to name names before the House Un-American Activities Committee in ...

Known almost exclusively for goofball comedies - three "Austin Powers" movies, "Meet the Parents" and others - filmmaker Jay Roach would seem an unlikely choice to direct "Trumbo." There isn't much ...

Screenwriter and novelist Dalton Trumbo was the best known member of the Hollywood 10, a group of producers, writers and directors called before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in ...

Politics and popular culture collided as never before in the Hollywood blacklist era of the late 1940s and '50s. Hysteria over the "red menace" represented by Soviet-style communism led the U.S.

"Trumbo" is a corny, well-made B-movie about an A-list screenwriter who had to take jobs writing B-movies after he was blacklisted, but eventually worked his way back to writing A-movies with Kirk ...