We use analytics to improve Pollar and, with your consent, the Meta pixel to measure sign-ups and purchases that come from our ads. You can change this anytime in Settings. Privacy policy

Search⌘K
HomeFor YouLiveBriefAsk
MapMarketsThreadsSoundsFilms
DomesticGeopoliticsEconomySocietyScience & TechInfrastructureSportCultureLifestyle
Support PollarNotifications
PrivacyNewsroom
Aaron Sorkin

Aaron Sorkin

American filmmaker (born 1961)

View on Wikipedia

Photo: Dominick D, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)

  • 4d ago

    Other Mommy tops the box office with $27.5 million as Sorkin's The Social Reckoning takes $5.5 million

    Blumhouse and Universal's horror film Other Mommy debuted at No. 1 with $27.5 million, while Sony's The Social Reckoning grossed $5.5 million, below its projected $7 million to $8 million debut.

    AI
  • Oct 8

    Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning and Robert Pattinson's Primetime lead this week's film openings

    Sorkin's Facebook drama, built around a young Facebook engineer and the Wall Street Journal's reporting, and Pattinson's reality TV thriller are among six films opening this week.

  • Oct 8

    Sorkin's The Social Reckoning opens in theaters, dramatising Frances Haugen's Facebook leak

    Jeremy Allen White and Mikey Madison play the Wall Street Journal reporter and Facebook whistle-blower Frances Haugen, whose 2021 leak of internal documents drives the story. The film arrives as Meta faces a settlement that La Razón reports at 18 billion dollars.

  • Oct 6

    Aaron Sorkin releases Facebook Files drama The Social Reckoning in theaters

    The film depicts the leak of internal Meta documents by Frances Haugen to The Wall Street Journal, tracking the impact of platform algorithms on politics and mental health.

Reader-supported

Free to read, and staying that way

Members read the brief without a sponsor. Membership keeps Pollar independent.

from$29.99/yr

Support Pollar
Membership

Members don't see this panel.

  • Supporter$29.99/yr
  • Founder$69.99/yr
Support Pollar

Today’s Brief

Brussels promises Ukraine a winter shield

EU leaders pledge winter lifeline to Zelensky in Brussels

European leaders welcomed Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels and pledged a winter package for Ukraine covering energy, air defence and financing. Ursula von der Leyen said the EU is working on a 22nd sanctions package and would not lift sanctions until Russia stops the war.

Read the Brief

Live now

All live coverage
  • US-Russia diesel deal dispute

    Politico reports Trump's waiver also enables sales of Russian diesel that the Graham Act sanctions would have restricted.

In the spotlight

All threads

World · Updated 7m ago

China and the West: decoupling

Von der Leyen's announcement of planned instruments follows the expected playbook; no regulation has yet been adopted.

ContactSend feedbackNewspaperPublisher and newsroom
HomeBriefLiveThreadsSearch