films

An audience watches actors Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol on the big screen.
Arts, Culture & Media
This beloved Bollywood film gets a new life on Broadway
"Anastasia" screenshot of a woman looking out of a window.
Arts, Culture & Media
She spoke out against Putin. It came at a cost.
Melina León at her Lima apartment with some of the awards she got for her debut film, “Song Without a Name.”
Arts, Culture & Media
Peruvian filmmaker Melina León boosts Peru’s film industry with strong female leads
An "Encanto" billboard stands at a movie theater in Bogotá, Colombia.
Arts, Culture & Media
Disney’s ‘Encanto’ depicts Colombia as a magical place full of possibilities — a welcome change for local audiences
A still from "I Am Samuel" scene at sunset on a farm in Kenya.
LGBTQ
‘It’s about love’: Kenyan filmmaker says he’ll appeal a government ban on his LGBTQ doc
US director, actor, screenwriter Melvin Van Peebles is seen during a tribute for his career at the 38th American Film Festival in Deauville, Normandy, France
Arts, Culture & Media
This film professor says Melvin Van Peebles taught her that ‘when Hollywood is closing the door, you find your own way’
A black and white photo of Buena Vista Social Club members Ibrahim Ferrer, Eliades Ochoa, Comapy Segundo and Puntillita Licea.
Music
25 years later, the Buena Vista Social Club still connects the world through old-school mambo
Men working on the facade of a Titanic replica in China
History
A new film explores the stories of 6 men from China who survived the Titanic sinking
Woman in green dress and man in black suit hold up Oscars
Environment
Oscar-winning ‘My Octopus Teacher’ highlights connectivity and environmental issues
Animation of girl with blonde hair holding a bird and girl with orange hair watching, while sitting on a tree branch
Arts, Culture & Media
Oscar-nominated ‘Wolfwalkers’ blends environmental, spiritual history of Ireland
A child looks up at a TV screen with several apps to choose from at his home in New Delhi, India.
Arts, Culture & Media
India’s ‘streaming dream’ may dim with new digital regulations
On the front page of Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, one of Germany's largest publications, 185 actors have come out as LGBTQ. 
LGBTQ
Germany’s LGBTQ actors come out publicly en masse to fight discrimination 
a painting of Sarah Churchillon a light blue background
The real women of ‘The Favourite’ included an 18th-century Warren Buffett
Mother of the groom Eleanor Sung-Young (Michelle Yeoh)
Media
‘Crazy Rich Asians’ is a big win for Asian American representation in Hollywood — but what about Singaporean representation?
Two posters side by side, one original film poster, the other remade with photos of two men in place of actors
Arts, Culture & Media
How ’90s Bollywood movies became cool again for two desis in the US
Executive Producer John Lasseter attends Disney-Pixar's US premiere of "Coco"
Culture
Disney’s ‘Coco’ is a smash hit in Mexico, fueling big hopes for its US release
gerrymandering
Conflict
The political lines that divide us
Connecting Disaster Survivors With Radio Waves
Full Episode
ACA Repeal Marches Forward, The Economics of Faith, Cracking the Fake News Code
Full Episode
The White House Power Struggle, Festival Previews, The Drama of History
Full Episode
Rigged Elections, Terror at Sea, Wonder Woman at 75
Full Episode
War For Sale, Trump & Talk Radio, Women & The Easter Rising
Full Episode
Reed Hastings, co-founder and CEO of Netflix spent two years in Swaziland teaching English.
Business
Netflix goes live in the sub-Saharan, because ‘the future is in places like Africa’
The Real Sons of Anarchy, Bounty Hunting Terrorists, and Extreme Passion
Full Episode
Pregnancy Depression, Films to See and Avoid, The High Cost of Cheap Fashion
Full Episode
Oscar theater
Culture
Trying to figure out who will walk away with an Oscar? Let us help
Poster from previous Pyongyang International Film Festival.
Culture
What a Westerner found at a North Korean Film Festival
Cast member Julianne Moore poses at a special screening of the film "Still Alice" during AFI Fest 2014 in Hollywood on November 12, 2014.
Arts
Julianne Moore leads the stars of this week’s new movies
Culture
What we can learn from Charlie Chaplin and ‘The Great Dictator’
Arts
How do you make a movie about jazz? Add plenty of blood
Sir Richard Attenborough
Culture
Director and actor Richard Attenborough saw film as a powerful vehicle for change
Studio 360 – Episode 845 – The Great Gatsby – Segment 6
Studio 360 – Episode 845 – The Great Gatsby – Segment 4
Arts, Culture & Media
Melissa Leo on ‘Welcome to the Rileys’
Arts, Culture & Media
Bugs Bunny draws new audiences to the symphony
Studio 360 Oscar night bingo 2014
Arts, Culture & Media
If you are watching the Oscars tonight, this game is for you
Oscar statue
Arts, Culture & Media
It turns out Oscar’s real name is Emilio
Roddy Doyle, author of The Guts
Arts, Culture & Media
Here’s why Irish author Roddy Doyle revisited his characters from The Commitments
Arts, Culture & Media
Check out these four ‘must see’ foreign films of 2013
Peter O'Toole as Lawrence of Arabia
Arts, Culture & Media
Is Peter O’Toole’s Lawrence of Arabia fact or fiction?
Chicago police move in to knock down a burning cross in front of a home, after an African-American family moved into a previously all white neighborhood, August 3, 1963. The civil rights movement in America was one of the historic trends transforming the
Global Politics
Here’s what else was going on in the world when Kennedy was assassinated
COSAT student
Development & Education
School Year Blog: What do South African kids know about JFK?
Filmmaker Mark Cousins during this six-year filming of The Story of Film, shooting the skyline of Hong Kong with a statue of hometown hero and martial artist Bruce Lee in the foreground.
Arts, Culture & Media
‘The Story of Film’ took 6 years to make. You can see it in 15 hours.
Arts, Culture & Media
How to Remain Relevant Without Trying: ‘Carry On…Up The Khyber’
Environment
Buffalo zoo about to take polar bear cub population from one to two
Arts, Culture & Media
Les Miserables, Django Unchained hit wide release this weekend
Arts, Culture & Media
In upcoming film, Judd Apatow breaks from comedy roots, takes serious turn
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Taken 2,’ ‘The Paperboy’ slated for box office debut this weekend
Arts, Culture & Media
Mo Willems remembers author Maurice Sendak
Arts, Culture & Media
Remembering Maurice Sendak, author of “Where the Wild Things Are,” dead at 83
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New releases this weekend include a ‘flat’ Titanic 3D and a ‘sweet’ American Reunion
Arts, Culture & Media
Renowned actor Williem Dafoe discusses recent films, acting past
Arts, Culture & Media
Miss Bala movie provides look at Mexican drug war through eyes of a beauty queen
Arts, Culture & Media
Major movies out on Christmas Day 2011
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Mission Impossible, Sherlock Holmes, Carnage, all hit the big screens this weekend
Arts, Culture & Media
Kate Winslet stars in Polanski’s new film, Carnage
Arts, Culture & Media
New movie ‘Margin Call’ called best Wall Street film, ever (with video)
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Contagion’: How real life could imitate art
Arts, Culture & Media
Colin Firth turns a king common in ‘The King’s Speech’
Arts, Culture & Media
‘The Kids Are All Right’