The Chinese director's dreamscape world comes alive in this alternative universe fantasy where dreaming has been outlawed. If ...

The Hmong use story cloths to document the history of their people and culture. One of the most popular topics for story ...

The Cold War hit the movies in 1947 when the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) descended on Hollywood armed with the names of leading film folk suspected of being communists or left-wing ...

Simone Elias’ book brings the history of Golden Age cinema — including its antisemitism and censorship — to Gen Z.

The Netflix documentary "Breakdown: 1975" posits the notion that in the two-year period from President Richard Nixon's ...

Register now to join us for the book launch of Red Dawn Over China and understand the origins of China’s communist revolution. Frank Dikötter will be in discussion with Orville Schell.

Reshma Saujani, founder of Moms First, traveled around the country while producing a historic documentary about motherhood in America. Motherhood has become part of the culture wars. It can be seen in ...

Battles over what children should learn in history classes, a fixture of American education debates over the past five years, are once again heating up as two large states begin to make revisions and ...

Go beyond the hits with these powerful, intimate and often jaw-dropping documentaries that spotlight the artists, scandals and moments that shaped music history. Courtesy of Magnolia Picture; Courtesy ...

Academy members will be asked to pick from 201 documentary features, 86 international features and 35 animated features. By Scott Feinberg Executive Editor of Awards The documentary feature and ...

Welcome back to another Oscar season! I’m Matt Brennan, editor in chief of The Envelope, and each Wednesday from now until Jan. 7, I’ll be sending you a (digital) editor’s letter with some highlights ...

A combination of technological developments and market forces is undermining the trust between viewer and filmmaker. What’s at stake is history itself. Critic’s Notebook A combination of technological ...