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James Baldwin and his books have enjoyed varying degrees of attention and praise since the late literary icon burst onto the scene in 1953,...

The filmmaker John Waters and his muse, the larger-than-life drag queen Divine, are responsible for some of the most bizarre and shocking films of the ’70s. Divine’s turns in Waters’ movies propelled her into a star of the era’s mostly underground gay subculture, ...

John Ford is cinema. Born in Portland, Maine, in 1894 — just as motion picture cameras were first being put to good use —...

Golden Era Hollywood screenwriter Frank S. Nugent once described story as a disturbance of the status quo: “Something happens to upset it; the disturbance...

William Faulkner wisely wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” No matter how hard we try to suppress and forget, the...

This is not based on a true story; this is a true story.” So proclaims the title cards that open American Animals — a...

If necessity is the mother of invention, then Inez de la Paz needs to invent a new life for herself and her little boy....

Everyone has a story to tell, but stories are fragile and can easily be forgotten. They must be cared for and saved for future...

Another summer is upon us, and that means it’s time for another season of silent film at Chautauqua. For those unfamiliar with the silent...

For 50 years, Scott Eyman’s been collecting string. The author of over a dozen books on Hollywood history has a deep collection of research...

Middle East peace is always a very attractive proposition,” Gamal Helal says. “It’s a very sexy topic. I cannot think of a secretary of...

The tower itself is a pinnacle of engineering. Rising 40 stories into the air, it curves slightly inward, like a finger curling towards the...