Mar 04 Watch 22:20 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 4, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, March 4, despite criticism, the Trump administration plans to go ahead with proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum, and a documentary on the life and work on award-winning conflict photographer Chris Hondros. Also, a look… Continue watching
Mar 04 'The Insult,' Lebanon's first Oscar-nominated film, examines a country's deepest wounds By Jennifer Hijazi In “The Insult,” a heated exchange between two men unfurls into a courtroom drama that catapults into the Lebanese national spotlight. Continue reading
Mar 04 Twitter chat: What do the Oscars say about the changing state of cinema? By Lora Strum At the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday, the top-nominated films address issues of LGBTQ identity, racism, xenophobia and classism. Join our Twitter chat to weigh in on them and more. Continue reading
Mar 02 Get ready for the Oscars by revisiting these past best picture winners By Ilayda Kocak These five Best Picture winners may not get all the love they deserve, compared to other go-to greats. Continue reading
Apr 26 What director Jonathan Demme, who made 'Silence of the Lambs,' brought to filmmaking By Elizabeth Flock Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme, best known for "The Silence of the Lambs," "Philadelphia," and "Stop Making Sense," has died at 73. Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch 4:29 News Wrap: New bomb threats target Jewish schools and community centers By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, Jewish community centers and day schools in at least 12 states received more bomb threats, all of which appeared to be hoaxes. Over the weekend, more than 100 headstones were destroyed at a Jewish cemetery… Continue watching
Feb 27 Inside the secret process that's supposed to prevent an Oscars mishap By Elizabeth Flock In the 83 years accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has handled the balloting and award envelopes for the Oscars, it says there had never been a major mistake. Until last night, when presenter Warren Beatty was mistakenly given the wrong envelope, leading… Continue reading
Feb 26 At the Oscars, wins for 'Moonlight' and calls for art without borders By Corinne Segal “Moonlight” won Best Picture at the 89th Academy Awards in a ceremony in which presenters and award recipients pointed to the strength of diversity in the film industry. Continue reading
Feb 25 Film producers, designer on the importance of diversity behind the camera By Kamala Kelkar Wynn Thomas, Lisa Cortes and Sam Pollard discuss the role of African Americans in the film industry, two years of #OscarsSoWhite and how to improve representation. Continue reading
Feb 25 Anime didn't make it into the Oscar nominations this year. Here's why that doesn't matter. By Iman Smith Back in 2003, “Spirited Away” made history by becoming the first Japanese animated feature film to win an Academy Award. It told the story of 10-year-old Chihiro, a young girl propelled into a world governed by spirits, gods and fantastical… Continue reading