Marilyn Monroe is one of the most famous stars in Hollywood history. She rose to fame quickly after her debut in 1947 and made a strong impression in the 1950 John Huston film The Asphalt Jungle, ...

The epic genre has some of the best-written movies ever made, including masterpieces like There Will Be Blood, Lawrence of Arabia, and Seven Samurai.

Fed Square’s Open Air at the Square program kicks into high gear this week with five nights of classic cinema reimagined by musicians, plus a Saturday that packs in both an Afro-Caribbean street party ...

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms embodies this precept of good screenwriting. The prequel series illustrates a reversal to innocence after the relentless ruthlessness of Game of Thrones; it’s a great ...

From feel good to feel bad, and from first loves to break-ups, here are 10 ways movies make us feel all the feelings.

A Bay Area attorney who researched silent films as a hobby, John Bengtson spent decades tracking down the exact streets where ...

This framed collage of Charlie Chaplin and Oona O’Neill is on display at Roxanne’s A Wish and a Dream quilt shop, 919 Maple Ave. In the frame, there is a photo of Charlie Chaplin putting the wedding ...

Subjects of Alan Byrne’s paintings include children living during the Great Depression, cars cruising the streets of Cuba and ...

College friends reunite for a raucous good time in the raunchy comedy Girls Trip. Regina Hall, Tiffany Haddish, Queen Latifah ...

The world in 1917 would be unrecognizable to most of us. The U.S. entered the first World War. Two-thirds of homes did not have a phone. Many did not have a car. Charlie Chaplin was on (silent) movie ...

Akira Kurosawa loved the films of Charlie Chaplin and John Ford. The Japanese director’s movies often drew on his wide-ranging cinephilia.

Viper Room, VIP Records, the Troubadour, Whisky a Go Go, Capitol Records, Hollywood Forever Cemetery: Here's a guided tour ...