Movies
How Margarita Cansino Became Rita Hayworth
Hayworth navigated identity, ethnicity and transformation throughout her career
Footage Recalls the Night Madison Square Garden Filled With Nazis
A short documentary shows the 20,000-strong rally held by the Nazi-supporting German-American Bund in 1939
The True Story of the Death of Stalin
“Veep” creator Armando Iannucci’s upcoming dark comedy pulls from the stranger-than-fiction real-life events surrounding Stalin’s death
The True Story Behind “Marshall”
What really happened in the trial featured in the new biopic of future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall
Thought Lost to History, These Rare, Early Films Survived Thanks to a Crafty Showman and a Savvy Collector
A new documentary focuses on the incredible story of Frank Brinton
Are Blade Runner’s Replicants “Human”? Descartes and Locke Have Some Thoughts
Enlightenment philosophers asked the same questions about what makes humans, humans as we see in the cult classic
If You Think ‘Bambi’ Seems Too Mature For Kids, You’re Not Wrong
The popular novel was even a Book-of-the-Month Club selection
This Animated Movie About Van Gogh Is Made Entirely of Oil Paintings
<i>Loving Vincent</i> will include more than 56,000 paintings
The Columnist Who Shaped Hollywood's Most Destructive Witch Hunt
Billy Wilkerson's complicated legacy has only been recently discussed by the magazine he founded
The True Story of Dunkirk, As Told Through the Heroism of the “Medway Queen”
Retrofitted by the British Navy, the paddleboat saved 7,000 men over many dangerous trips across the Channel
Civil War Hero's Long-Lost Sword Was Hiding in an Attic
Union Colonel Robert Gould Shaw led the legendary 54th Massachusetts Regiment, one of the first official black military units in the United States
Colorized Footage Is a Vivid Reminder that History Didn't Happen in Black and White
A new Smithsonian Channel series takes a fresh, vibrant look at five decades of historical footage
The Cuban Government Brought New Life to Hollywood Movies With These Vivid Posters
The U.S. embargo didn’t keep Cubans from watching movies they loved
Choreographer Bob Fosse Is the Forgotten Author of Modern Musicals
Fosse's signature style influenced everything from Michael Jackson to today's musicals
The Musical Legacy Behind the Tupac Biopic 'All Eyez on Me'
Curator Dwandalyn Reece from the Smithsonian’s African American Museum investigates
When We Go to Mars, Will We Have a Real-Life HAL 9000 With Us?
How generations of NASA scientists were inspired by an evil Hollywood supercomputer
In 1913, One Gluttonous Pupper Changed the Course of Animation History
Years before "Steamboat Willie," this animated dog hammed it up onscreen
What Hattie McDaniel Said About Her Oscar-Winning Career Playing Racial Stereotypes
Hattie McDaniel saw herself as a groundbreaker for black Americans
Anthony Burgess' Legendary Dictionary of Slang Lives
The author and linguist gave up the book after realizing how enormous the task of keeping up with slang would be
Three Ways Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Changed Dance Forever
Robinson worked throughout his career to make life better for black performers
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