This episode follows the pivotal year 1946, when old European empires began to crumble just as a new global struggle emerged ...

Few documentary films have the natural authority of a Ken Burns production. The narrator of his works, Peter Coyote, is as close as we have today to “the voice of God,” the phrase once associated with ...

As the 1960s progressed, these sorts of crude orientalist stereotypes faced parody and criticism. But apologists for the movie would struggle to demonstrate that Help! is doing anything other than ...

Ken Burns’ new documentary claims the Iroquois Confederacy inspired America’s founding, but Rich Lowry argues this is a ...

India and Russia have been strategic partners for more than 70 years. But what’s the reason behind this years-long friendship ...

The 43rd Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) is underway in Shiraz, Fars Province, featuring two competitive sections ...

Few documentary films have the natural authority of a Ken Burns production. The narrator of his works, Peter Coyote, is as close as we have today to “the voice of God,” the phrase once associated with ...

In Soraya Antonius’s newly reissued novel “The Lord,” a mysterious magician puzzles and fascinates British residents of ...

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Never Far From Nowhere is a coming-of-age story that follows sisters Olive and Vivien, born in London to Jamaican parents.

Afghan journalist-turned-filmmaker Najiba Noori described a different kind of rupture. Forced to flee Kabul after the Taliban ...