You’d be excused for being suspicious of these concoctions. Poured into clear-glass one-gallon jars of unregulated ...

As studio heads like Bob Iger attempt to reassure anxious investors, he and so many others in the industry are confronting ...

Magnani’s men had much to say about working with her. The writer/directors: “You had to accept her ideas or refuse them—she was incredibly inventive.” (Luchino Visconti). “She had the fear of a little ...

The growth of foreign media’s popularity poses many interesting questions as to the future shape of media in the U.S. and worldwide. While platforms like Netflix seem content to purchase and serve as ...

Slavery has existed in nearly every society in the world in some form or another. Until British Atlantic societies developed the chattel model, no form of enslavement gave such complete and utter ...

The story of Michael Larson, a man who gamed the system for over $100,000 in 1984, captured the imaginations of people around the U.S. in the 1980s and decades later through the internet. 'The ...

Movies that are direct follow-ups in a series of otherwise self-contained films take a risk. There’s the potential for bigger payoffs and bigger disappointments. Mission: Impossible - The Final ...

Unlike traditional nuclear rivalries where both sides possess declared arsenals – like India and Pakistan, which despite their tensions operate under mutual deterrence – this new threshold dynamic ...

There’s an interesting dissonance between changing times and values. Younger generations typically push the cultural envelope at first, then decry the generations that follow as they age. What remains ...

Queen Elizabeth II was not just a monarch; she represented a global brand. And for the past seven decades, this brand has to some extent defined and promoted the British nation around the world.

Anyone who has followed the Oscars knows that factors outside artistic integrity play into the eventual winners. Must a film or performance be great to land a nomination? Generally, yes. But the art ...

After the unforgivable slap seen and heard around the world at last year’s Oscars ceremony, a few major questions remain: whether the Academy did enough to punish Will Smith for the attack on Chris ...