Eight Film Festivals Worth Attending (Virtually)
COVID-19 has caused numerous film festival cancellations. Luckily, these ones moved online
The True Story of Catherine the Great
Hulu’s “The Great” offers an irreverent, ahistorical take on the Russian empress’ life. This is the real history behind the period comedy
How Scooby-Doo’s Origins Are Related to the RFK Assassination
The senator’s death changed Saturday morning cartoons and paved the way for the gang of “meddling kids” to become a TV hit
Six Online Courses About Europe to Take Before You Can Safely Travel There Again
Sheltering in place doesn’t mean you can’t study up for your next European adventure
How Andy Warhol Came to Paint Campbell’s Soup Cans
He was talented and prosperous, but the young visionary worried the art world had left him behind. Then he discovered soup
The Charming Story of George Harrison’s Vacation in Small-Town America
The Beatles guitarist visited his sister in southern Illinois just months before he’d become world famous
The Inside Story of the Beatles’ Messy Breakup
Tensions leading to the split, announced 50 years ago today, had been bubbling under the band’s cheery surface for years
The Colorful History of the Troll Doll
With the release of Trolls World Tour, and a new generation entranced by the ugly-but-cute toy, it appears the troll’s lucky streak lives on
The True History Behind ‘The Plot Against America’
Philip Roth’s classic novel, newly adapted by HBO, envisions a world in which Charles Lindbergh wins the 1940 presidential election
What Autumn de Wilde’s ‘Emma’ Gets Right About Jane Austen’s Irony
By turns faithful and deeply irreverent, the newest Austen adaptation offers an oddly delightful mix of 19th-century satire and Wes Anderson
See Indigenous Films at the Mother Tongue Film Festival
The four-day event shows more than 20 films featuring 28 languages from 22 regions
Nine Women Whose Remarkable Lives Deserve the Biopic Treatment
From Renaissance artists to aviation pioneers, suffragists and scientists, these women led lives destined for the silver screen
Why Prince Would Not Sound Like Prince Without Minneapolis
A human geographer explains how the city’s unique sonic culture nurtured and inspired the musical genius
Following Beethoven’s Footsteps Through Vienna
For the composer’s 250th birthday, visit the apartments where he lived, the theaters where he worked and his final resting place
How Crosswords Came of Age in the 2010s
Ten of the decade’s favorite entries speak to the color and comprehensiveness of modern puzzles
What Were the Best History Movies of the Decade?
These ten films (plus one documentary) each took the past and translated it in a way worth remembering
The Magical Animation of ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’
The Christmas television special—the longest running in history—was groundbreaking in its use of stop-motion animation with puppets
The True History Behind the ‘1917’ Movie
A story shared by director Sam Mendes’ grandfather, a veteran of the Western Front, inspired the new World War I film
The New ‘Little Women’ Brings Louisa May Alcott’s Real Life to the Big Screen
More so than in previous film adaptations, writer and director Greta Gerwig weaves the American writer’s own experiences into the classic story
Purrfect or A-Paw-Ling? Why ‘Cats’ Still Gives Some Theatergoers Paws
Experts disagree on the hit musical’s merits; four of the original production’s slinky, feline costumes are held by the Smithsonian
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