May 19 Watch Former Burmese movie star finds leading role as activist By PBS News Hour In the 1980s and '90s, Kyaw Thu was one of Myanmar's leading film stars, appearing in more than 200 movies. He was so popular that the military government cast him in several propaganda films. But when he turned down a… Continue watching
May 13 Surrealist, sculptor and ‘Alien’ designer H.R. Giger dies at 74 By Justin Scuiletti Artist, surrealist and sculptor H.R. Giger, known for designing the titular creature that first came to life in the 1979 horror film “Alien,” has died at the age of 74, his museum announced Tuesday. Continue reading
Apr 07 Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney ‘put on a show’ in nine-decade career By Justin Scuiletti Mickey Rooney, a Hollywood legend whose acting career spanned nine decades across film, television and stage, died Sunday night from natural causes at his North Hollywood home at the age of 93. Rooney, born Joseph Yule Jr. in Brooklyn,… Continue reading
Mar 03 ’12 Years a Slave’ takes home Hollywood’s top prize and makes history By Ellen Rolfes While "Gravity" won the most golden statuettes at the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, "12 Years a Slave" walked away with the evening's top prize. Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch ‘Boasting and guilt are two sides of the same coin’: Confronting Indonesia’s genocide in ‘The Act of Killing’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch Filmmakers try to shake ‘fairy tale story of change’ in documenting Egypt’s revolution By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch Filmmakers try to shake ‘fairy tale story of change’ in documenting Egypt’s revolution By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 20 In Oscar-nominated ‘The Act of Killing,’ mass murderers boastfully reenact their war crimes By Victoria Fleischer The Oscar nominated documentary "The Act of Killing" challenges Anwar Congo, a death squad leader during the mass killings in 1965 Indonesia, to re-enact the horrors of his past. Director Joshua Oppenheimer spoke to the NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown about why… Continue reading
Feb 18 ‘The Invisible War’ Changing the Conversation on Rape in the Military Kori Cioca, a former member of the U.S. Coast Guard featured in the film "The Invisible War," was denied veteran's health benefits to cover treatment to her jaw, which she says was broken during a sexual assault by one of… Continue reading