The 1910s marked the birth of movie stardom, with women playing a central role in shaping this new form of entertainment. In ...

It all started in a library. In 2023, Colin Mannex, executive director of Kenworthy Performing Arts Center (KPAC) in Moscow, Idaho, was participating in a humanities panel at Washington State ...

When thinking about the classic Hollywood era of filmmaking, we tend to think about movies made under the restrictive, prudish rules of the Hays Code. Protestant moralism meant that films after 1934 ...

Film Forum is paying tribute to the actress, director, and producer who made over 130 films at a time when women behind the camera were rare. Born in Pittsburgh in 1879, Weber’s entry into faith-based ...

An undeniably charming homage to Hollywood in the late 1920s, The Artist will probably be the most successful silent movie since the days of the Gish sisters. It might also be the first silent film ...