Film
7 Epic Fails Brought to You By the Genius Mind of Thomas Edison
Despite popular belief, the inventor wasn’t the “Wiz” of everything
5 High-Tech Ways to Scare Anyone This Halloween
Forget spaghetti for brains and grapes for eyeballs, these ultra-realistic props will take fright night to whole new level
The Muppets Take the Smithsonian
Elmo, Fozzie Bear, the Count, Miss Piggy and 17 other Jim Henson puppets are coming to the American History Museum
What Does the Zapruder Film Really Tell Us?
Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris deconstructs the most famous 26 seconds in film history
What Is Al Pacino’s Next Big Move?
For six years, the actor who made his mark as Michael Corleone has been obsessing over a new movie about that ancient seductress Salome
Discussion
Discussion
Yeasts of the Southern Wild
Maker of the “world famous buttermilk drop,” New Orleans actor Dwight Henry is expanding his baking empire
What Happened to the Wizard of Oz Costumes and More Great Questions From our Readers
Apollo 11 souvenirs, Walt Whitman’s politics, and dinosaur DNA were among the subjects you wanted to know more about
The 10 Worst Teachers and Principals From Pop Culture
From Ferris Bueller’s Day Off to Mean Girls, on-screen educators have a talent for causing trouble. Here are the worst offenders.
From the Editor - Apr 13
From the Editor - Apr 13
How to Tour Frank Sinatra’s Las Vegas
Even though most of 1950s Vegas is long gone, there are still many ways to relive the haunts of Ol’ Blue Eyes and the Rat Pack
Lights! Camera! In Motion!
Introducing the Smithsonian.com video contest
The Psychology Behind Superhero Origin Stories
How does following the adventures of Spider-Man and Batman inspire us to cope with adversity?
A 24-Hour Movie That May Be the Biggest (and Best) Supercut Ever
Christian Marclay’s The Clock, now on view at MoMA, puts YouTube mashup artists to shame
Our 10 Most Popular Videos of 2012
Giant snakes, lost footage, secret histories and more in this wrapup of our most watched videos of the year
How Benh Zeitlin Made Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Oscar nominee for Best Director transformed filmmaking as he assembled a new myth out of Hurricane Katrina
Mr. Lincoln Goes to Hollywood
Steven Spielberg, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Tony Kushner talk about what it takes to wrestle an epic presidency into a feature film
Big Apple Apocalypse: 200 Years of Destroying New York City
What is it about New York that compels us to see it obliterated in fiction over and over again?
The Year Ahead in Archival Films
A guide to the movies being preserved now that will be available in future months
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