Filmmaker Robert Kenner, known for the documentary “Food, Inc.,” unveils another ugly truth on the big screen with “Merchants of Doubt.” His latest film brilliantly and creatively exposes the playbook ...

Climate change deniers say a lot of ridiculous things, but there’s one specific straw man argument they frequently fall back on that is so insulting in its ridiculousness, it’s unfathomable that ...

Revealing little new about the political lobbyists that Thank You for Smoking slyly skewered a decade ago, Merchants of Doubt adopts a similarly glossy visual persona, playing up motifs of card games ...

When it comes down to it, the glossily produced documentary "Merchants of Doubt" doesn't tell us much we don't already know. But that doesn't mean it won't get you hot under the collar anyway. It ...

The informative “Merchants of Doubt” plays like a sequel to “An Inconvenient Truth,” a landmark film that raised awareness of global warming. Only this time around, the enemies of awareness have ...

The invaluable site for movie buffs who are also interested in the box-office business of film is BoxOfficeMojo. That site reports that “Merchants of Doubt” has earned $23,300 in the four theaters in ...

With the rise of corporate ownership and consolidation of the so-called mainstream media, it has become clear that American journalism has mostly abandoned serious long-form reporting, the kind of ...

Naomi Oreskes is a familiar face on Capitol Hill. Naomi Oreskes is a familiar face on Capitol Hill. The Harvard University professor has testified twice in as many weeks about the fossil fuel industry ...

It tells you much about the documentary Merchants of Doubt that charismatic magician Jamy Ian Swiss provides the film's first narrative voice. Swiss is understandably dismayed by the film's primary ...