Dec 17 Watch 7:12 How a galaxy far, far away became an obsession on planet Earth By PBS News Hour "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" isn't just a movie. It's part of a universe, both imaginary and real, that has obsessed fans since the 1970s. Jeffrey Brown explores what’s made the enduring franchise a storytelling and moneymaking powerhouse. Continue watching
Dec 16 'Ghostbusters,' 'Top Gun,' 'Shawshank Redemption' selected for National Film Registry By Corinne Segal Films qualify for selection if they are at least 10 years old and “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”… Continue reading
Oct 13 Watch 7:18 Film students in Congo seek a cinema to bring their stories to life By PBS News Hour Filmmaker Petna Ndaliko still remembers sneaking into the movie theater as a boy in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But in the wake of turbulence and civil war, the cinema in the city of Goma has long been closed. Now,… Continue watching
Aug 07 Here's what happened when we tried to write a list of films by and starring women of color By Corinne Segal A report released Wednesday focusing on the top-grossing films of the last seven years makes one thing clear: women and people of color are sorely underrepresented in Hollywood. Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch 4:35 New documentary offers close-up view of violent cartels By PBS News Hour Cartel wars have been raging for years now in Mexico, with civilians getting caught in the crossfire. To document the struggle against these cartels, Matthew Heineman embedded with two vigilante groups. He joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss his new documentary,… Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch 1:38 You can now watch a century of historic newsreels on YouTube By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares video of the day, 555,000 archival newsreel videos are being released by the Associated Press and British Movietone -- that's more than a million minutes of historic footage and quirky diversions, dating back to 1895. Continue watching
Jul 16 Watch 2:05 Samantha Bee's typical family movies? 'Kill Bill' and 'Jaws' By Corinne Segal Continue watching
Jul 10 Watch 6:18 New documentary 'Amy' reveals an artist greater than her downfall By PBS News Hour Amy Winehouse was a mega-pop star, a singer with a multi-platinum album. But she's just as well-known for her struggles with drug and alcohol addiction and her troubled relationships, which played out in front of the paparazzi before her death… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch 5:08 Shirin Neshat translates Iranian political unrest through an artistic lens By PBS News Hour For Shirin Neshat, "art became a kind of an excuse to build a relationship, even from a distance," to her homeland and history. Neshat grew up in pre-revolutionary Iran, then came to the U.S. as a student in the 1970s… Continue watching
Jun 02 Homeless men, now auteurs, challenge preconceptions through filmmaking By Aisha Jama Street Sense, a Washington, D.C., media nonprofit that publishes a newspaper written and sold by the homeless, has branched out to filmmaking. The Street Sense Filmmaker Co-op gives its members the tools to craft their stories, while equipping them with… Continue reading