After the successful bid to tear down the Confederate flag from sites across the country, petitioners in LA want an iconic filmmaker's name, D.W. Griffith, scrubbed from an East LA school because of ...

The 1930 film “Abraham Lincoln,” directed by D.W. Griffith, stands as a notable early talkie that ambitiously portrays the life of the 16th President of the United States. Griffith, who was known for ...

Prior to his premature death at age 45 in 1955, James Agee was our most artful composer of film criticism, and what he recommended, one would do well to check out. It might seem quaint now, but Agee ...

Before there was Tinseltown, this quiet Sound Shore town served as a backdrop to a number of D.W. Griffith films. One hundred years ago, the heart of American moviemaking wasn’t so much Hollywood as ...

“Liberal” Hollywood was always cautious with the KKK, which was a big economic factor, especially in the South. The 1937 Humphrey Bogart film “Black Legion” featured hooded terrorists who are ...

After the deeply divisive reception of "The Birth of a Nation," director D.W. Griffith released "Broken Blossoms," in which a young, abused girl finds comfort in the company of a kind Chinese man. The ...

Kumail Nanjiani had the Beverly Hilton Ballroom in stiches tonight at the 78th DGA Awards on how backwards they’ve been for quite some time, specifically in regards to their lifetime achievement award ...