In November 1940, the British Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm executed a surprise attack on the Italian naval base at Taranto, reshaping naval warfare... The raid on Taranto would go on to inspire the ...

Here are 12 Brigitte Bardot movies that are still a pleasure to watch — in honor of the new Brigitte The post 12 Brigitte ...

Bill Bell — Willis Bell — was an American photographer who settled in Ghana, and we became close. He published “The Roadmakers” (1961) [a collaborative photo essay done with the playwright Efua ...

The Cold War hit the movies in 1947 when the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) descended on Hollywood armed with the names of leading film folk suspected of being communists or left-wing ...

We’ve pulled 16 of the most challenging, most viral questions from recent seasons that ended in a dramatic fail. Test your ...

More than five years in the making, Antonin Baudry’s French-language two-part biopic "De Gaulle" will finally hit the big ...

Perhaps the Ellimans knew before the mistaken newspaper reports, but its subtext was clear: the family had arrived. It was ...

The late Marcel Ophuls made films about the twentieth century’s great crimes—and the trail of guilt they left behind.

After the US joined the Second World War in December 1941, Charles and Ray applied their material innovations to war efforts. Responding to the need for improved emergency transport splints in combat ...

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, died in February, their passing initially shrouded in mystery.

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, died in February, their passing initially shrouded in mystery. Authorities later determined Hackman, in advanced stages of Alzheimer’s, ...