Film
Why the True Story of 'Chappaquiddick' Is Impossible to Tell
In 1969, Senator Ted Kennedy careened a car off a bridge, killing passenger Mary Jo Kopechne, but the story of the night’s events remain muddled today
How a $10 Billion Experimental City Nearly Got Built in Rural Minnesota
A new documentary explores the “city of the future” that was meant to provide a blueprint for urban centers across America
The True Story of “Trust,” Yet Another Interpretation of the Getty Kidnapping
Writers of the FX program have a much different spin than the recent movie on the same subject matter
The Drama Intensifies When “Timeless” Visits “Hollywoodland”
A plot to steal ‘Citizen Kane’ and a visit from inventor Hedy Lamarr give the Time Team a taste of the movie industry’s golden age
This Texas Company Is Fighting Hollywood's Gender Inequality With Hard Data From Movie Scripts
StoryFit uses artificial intelligence to analyze film scripts for how characters are portrayed by gender
Rare 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Footage Found at Flea Market
The nine-minute Miles brothers film reel shows the devastation that the powerful quake wrought
Smell-O-Vision, Astrocolor and Other Film Industry Inventions That Proved To Be Flops
Sound, color and special effects transformed the moviegoing experience. These innovations decidedly did not.
Latest IMAX Film Studies History of American Music
Air and Space Museum makes way for the Flying Elvi
The Reckoning
Thirty years ago, an acclaimed series of documentaries introduced the world to an isolated tribe in Papua New Guinea. What happened when the cameras left?
How the Creators of <em>Loving Vincent</em> Brought the First Fully Painted Animated Film to Life
Vincent van Gogh’s swirling coats of paint really move in the Oscar-nominated film thanks to 62,450 original oil paintings
The New Director of the Smithsonian’s African Art Museum Reflects on the Look and Fashion of <em>Black Panther</em>
The blockbuster movie borrowed from multiple African peoples to create a unique Wakandan style
Meet the 2018 Olympic Artists in Residence
Four artists who are also athletes will make art by Olympians for Olympians at the PyeongChang Olympics
Inside the First Solar-Powered Flight Around the World
A new documentary highlights the challenges overcome by the experimental aircraft, Solar Impulse
The True History of Luke Skywalker's Monastic Retreat
A Smithsonian Librarian delves into centuries of maps and manuscripts to discover ancient stories of this sacred place and sanctuary
Kielce: The Post-Holocaust Pogrom That Poland Is Still Fighting Over
After World War II, Jewish refugees found they could never return to their native land—a sentiment that some echo today
Rose Marie's Sprawling Legacy as Told Through the Artifacts She Left Behind
The late actress sang for mobsters, toured New York nightclubs and wisecracked her way through a career that spanned nine decades
The Weird Story of the FBI and ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
The film supposedly had Communistic tendencies
The Cinema Museum, Housed in the Workhouse Where Charlie Chaplin Spent His Formative Years, Is Under Threat
The property will go up for sale in 2018
What the Robots of Star Wars Tell Us About the Future of Human Work
The films' much-loved robots exist mostly to assist rather than replace humans—and like us, they are prone to errors
The Profound Loneliness of Greta Garbo
Sotheby’s is auctioning off a collection of letters that reveal Garbo’s deep dissatisfaction with her life in Hollywood
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