Steven Spielberg

The Kids Stay in the Picture

Arts, Culture & Media

In the 1970s George Lucas and Steven Spielberg invented a modern Hollywood hybrid — the high-end Saturday children’s matinee for grownups. In the decades since, the kids’ movie for adults has transformed entertainment. We asked Curtis Fox to figure out why.

Steven Spielberg

‘Spielberg’ director talks about Spielberg, the director

Arts
Rebel recruitment: 2004, Sudan

Lynsey Addario: A life in nine photographs

Media
Sir Richard Attenborough

Director and actor Richard Attenborough saw film as a powerful vehicle for change

Culture

Summer run of Hollywood blockbuster bumbles raises questions of movie model

Arts, Culture & Media

Best picture winner Argo, nominees Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty draw criticism

Arts, Culture & Media

Argo, which won the Academy Award for best picture, and two of its fellow nominees are under scrutiny by some critics who say the screenwriters embellished the stories for Hollywood entertainment.

‘Lincoln,’ ‘Skyfall’ bring history into movie theaters this weekend

Arts, Culture & Media

Abraham Lincoln wasn’t just Honest Abe, he had a wheeling and dealing political side. That’s the take of the new movie, Lincoln, out this weekend. It’ll be up against Skyfall, the 50th anniversary edition of the James Bond series.

What’s old is new — and award winning — in Academy Award nominations

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The Oscar nominations came out Tuesday and Hugo was a big winner, with 11 nominations. But across the board, movies set years ago did well this year.

These six films will knock your socks off in 2012

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From The Dark Knight to the Great Gatsby, 2012 is set to have some blockbusters on the big screen. You’ll want to mark these six flicks down as must-see movies.

Major movies out on Christmas Day 2011

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As the year ends, movie houses are trying to get their end-of-year blockbusters out. Today, thousands will flock to movie theaters where they can take in a half a dozen major releases of all themes and plot lines.