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Five Women Animators Who Shook Up the Industry

From the silent days to the present, women have been a solid—if often unrecognized—force in animation
June 13, 2012 | By Daniel Eagan

Musicians on the Road: Film vs. Reality

How Hollywood portrays musicians—rock, jazz and country—as they tour
June 08, 2012 | By Daniel Eagan

Music for Airports Soothes the Savage Passenger

Brian Eno's Music for Airports is a sound environment created specifically to complement the experience of waiting in an airport terminal
June 07, 2012 | By Jimmy Stamp

John Wayne’s Hondo Comes Out on Blu-ray

The Duke's daughter-in-law Gretchen Wayne talks about the restored version of one of his moodier Westerns
June 06, 2012 | By Daniel Eagan

The Origins of the Drive-In Theater

For starters, a bit of trivia: the inventor created the drive-in to accommodate his "rather large" mother
June 06, 2012 | By K. Annabelle Smith

A Grimm Review of Snow White and the Huntsman

Fairy tale expert Jack Zipes shares his thoughts on the latest adaptation
June 05, 2012 | By K. Annabelle Smith

Finding Doc Watson on Film

Searching for folk music on movies can be surprisingly difficult
June 04, 2012 | By Daniel Eagan

Rosanne Cash, the daughter of Johnny Cash

Rosanne Cash and the Many Meanings of Love

One of the most gifted singer-songwriters of our time talks love, science and the deep space between men and women
June 2012 | By Ron Rosenbaum

Borderlands

LISTEN NOW: Wu Man Brings East and West Together in New Album

In Borderlands, the Chinese musician highlights the culture of the Uyghur people
June 2012 | By Aviva Shen

shanties were erected with materials salvaged mainly from an 18th-century Creole cottage

You've Never Heard A Music Box Like This

In a funky New Orleans experiment, musicians turn a ramshackle house into a cacophony of sounds
June 2012 | By Jamie Katz

Beyond Kung Fu: 5 Movies From Asia to Catch

Will the recent purchase of AMC theaters by a Chinese billionaire mean more Asian films in theaters? Likely not, but here are some to watch in the meantime
May 30, 2012 | By Daniel Eagan

Predictions for Educational TV in the 1930s

Before it became known as the "idiot box," television was seen as the best hope for bringing enlightenment to the American people
May 29, 2012 | By Matt Novak

Judging an Airline by its Uniform

What flight attendant uniforms say about airline brand identity, cultural attitudes, and passenger psychology
May 29, 2012 | By Sarah C. Rich

Big Things Ahead… But Keep Your Shirt On

Americans in the 1940s had wondrous expectations about the post-war world. Meet one author who advised them to curb their enthusiasm
May 25, 2012 | By Matt Novak

A Restored Version of Let There Be Light Available Online

Here's your chance to see a haunting and long suppressed WWII documentary about PTSD
May 25, 2012 | By Daniel Eagan

Summer Movie Forecast: More of the Same

Hollywood has always loved sequels, and judging from the box office viewers do too
May 23, 2012 | By Daniel Eagan

Events May 22-24: Shade-Grown Coffee, Public Observatory Project, and Tot Rock

This week, try a cup of organic shade-grown coffee, see spots on the sun, and bring your toddlers to rock out with Shine and the Moonbeams.
May 21, 2012 | By Aviva Shen

Whitewash or Fair Use: Portraying Race on Film

How much does context matter when looking at instances of racism in movies? A journey back to the earliest instances of unapologetic stereotypes to this week's release of The Dictator
May 18, 2012 | By Daniel Eagan

For the Love of Film Blogathon III: The White Shadow and Streaming Restored Films Online

Catch Casablanca streaming live on Facebook tonight and read about the opportunity to view a recently restored version of one of Alfred Hitchcock's first films
May 16, 2012 | By Daniel Eagan

What to Watch This Mother’s Day

From saints to sinners, some Mother's Day movies you may have overlooked
May 11, 2012 | By Daniel Eagan


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