Movies
A Forgotten Tennessee Williams Work Now a Motion Picture
Written in the 1950s, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond was forgotten until it was recently adapted into a major motion picture
January 04, 2010 |
By Chloë Schama
Frank Baum, the Man Behind the Curtain
The author of The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum, traveled many paths before he found his Yellow Brick Road
June 26, 2009 |
By Chloë Schama
Days 7 to 12: A Cannes Farewell
As Michael Parfit bids goodbye to the Cannes Film Festival, there is good news for Luna from the Canary Islands
May 25, 2009 |
By Michael Parfit
Five Movies That Memorably Feature Museums
The ‘Night at the Museum’ films aren’t the only films that take place largely in the confines of a museum
May 04, 2009 |
By Joseph Caputo
Hollywood on Exhibit
Movie memories come to life inside the filmmaking collections of these seven museums
April 24, 2009 |
By Joseph Caputo
Five Films that Redefined Hollywood
Author Mark Harris discusses his book about the five movies nominated for Best Picture at the 1967 Academy Awards
February 19, 2009 |
By Brian Wolly
Frost, Nixon and Me
Author James Reston Jr. discovers firsthand what is gained and lost when history is turned into entertainment
January 2009 |
By James Reston Jr.
For Those Ruby Red Slippers, There's No Place Like Home
The newly reopened Smithsonian National Museum of American History boasts a rare pair of Judy Garland's legendary ruby slippers
January 2009 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Gathering Rosebuds
Did a Native American actress inspire one of Hollywood's most celebrated symbols?
January 2007 |
By Owen Edwards
Al Gore Discusses "An Inconvenient Truth"
Environmentalist Al Gore talks about his new movie.
July 01, 2006 |
By Amy Crawford
Young Eyes on Calcutta
British documentary filmmaker Zana Briski and collaborator Ross Kauffman's Academy Award winning documentary chronicals the resilience and vision of children in a Calcutta red-light district
May 2005 |
By Andrew Curry
The Object at Hand
Even as a bust, the real king of Siam turns out to be a more complex chap than the bald-headed caricature made famous by Yul Brynner and others
April 1997 |
By David Taylor
