Black, White, and Red All Over: The First Color Horror Movies
Well, two-strip Technicolor is red AND green but you get the idea. Read More
October 10, 2022
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Long Live ‘The Woman King’
'The Woman King' dares to ask the question, "What if we gave Viola Davis a big sword?" More movies should… Read More
September 12, 2022
Let There Be Lumières: The Early Days of Cinema, Explained
Turns out that making bank on technological spectacle is at the backbone of movie making. Cool. Read More
July 17, 2022
From A to Zoetrope: A Look at the Ancestors of Cinema
Before the moving image, there was ... the slightly slower moving image. Read More
April 27, 2022
The 75 Best Final Shots in Movie History
Here’s lookin’ at you, beautiful final shots. Read More
April 5, 2021
The Man Who Inspired ‘Nightcrawler’ (and Other Movies)
What connects 'Nightcrawler,' 'Dr. Strangelove,' and 'The Naked City'? One 1930s crime scene photographer. Read More
March 15, 2021
When Harry Belafonte Hosted ‘The Tonight Show’ and Changed Television Forever
Yoruba Richen's documentary 'The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show' revisits a mostly lost but never forgotten week of… Read More
September 8, 2020
The Forgotten History of Cinema’s First Pandemic
Nobody knows what happens next, but here's what happened last time. Read More
May 1, 2020
The Real Story Behind ‘1917’
Learn all about the history that inspired Sam Mendes’ World War I film. Read More
January 15, 2020