Less than 24 hours before it was named the year’s Best Picture by the Academy, we watched and effusively praised SPOTLIGHT, a subtle, clever, well-told look at the journalists who uncovered the story of systematic child abuse and cover-up in the Catholic Church in Boston.

Show notes:

• Spotlight (2015) - IMDb
• Cardinal George Pell tells child abuse royal commission Catholic Church made 'enormous mistakes' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
• Honest Trailers - The Oscars - YouTube
• Spotlight Church abuse report: Church allowed abuse by priest for years - The Boston Globe