One Night In Miami is a 2020 film directed by Regina King. It is adapted from a 2013 stage play of the same name written by Kemp Powers....

The Battle of Algiers is unusual. The 1966 film, co-written and directed by the Italian filmmaker Gillo Pontecorvo, is a...

The 2006 German film The Lives of Others takes place in 1984, five years before the fall of the Berlin Wall. In the fictional tale, a...

The “imitation game,” coined by the British mathematician Alan Turing in 1950, is a test to determine if a machine exhibits intelligent...

To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1960 novel by Harper Lee. It is one of the most commonly read books in American high schools. Along with...

After the 2019 El Paso shooting, when a white nationalist killed 23 people at a Walmart, President Trump called it “an act of cowardice.”...

In the opening scene of the 1941 film Citizen Kane, the title character dies after uttering, "rosebud." And the meaning of his final word...

Hannah Arendt is a biographical film dramatizing the development of a controversial theory by a highly influential 20th century...

Determining the appropriate punishment for convicted criminals is beyond the scope of my mental abilities. What I consider morally or...

The 2021 Academy Awards broadcast was an unusual affair. Due to the pandemic, the event was held on April 21, two months later than...

The Super Bowl is the most widely viewed TV event in America. The culmination of the National Football League's season draws a varied...

Of the eight films nominated for the 2020 Academy Award for Best Picture, four can be categorized as historical movies: Judas and the...

As the title suggests, Judas and the Black Messiah is a story of betrayal. The biographical drama recounts the relationship between the...

The current version of the Motion Picture Association (MPA) film rating system went into effect in 1990. Based on the depiction of...

At a February 2020 political rally, Donald Trump addressed a crucial issue that should be on the top of every President’s agenda. He...

I was only six years old when my family and I visited Arkansas in 2010. Photographs serve as my primary memory of the trip, because I...

"The greatest measure of the 19th century was passed by corruption, aided and abetted by the purest man in America." Thaddeus Stevens,...

The definition of the "American Dream" is varied. Perhaps the most storied version involves starting with nothing and making an obscene...

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a 2020 film based on the 1982 play of the same name by August Wilson. The narrative involves a fictional 1927...

Petra is an unforgettable place. The ancient Jordan city is one of the 7 Wonders of the World and featured in Steven Spielberg's film...