Spike Lee Breaks Through: Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing premieres
Category: Film
Hitchcock’s Classic Vertigo
On this date in 1958, the psychological thriller film noir Vertigo premiered in San Francisco. Based on the French mystery novel D’entre les morts (The…
Indian Cinema Pioneer Satyajit Ray
Born on this day in 1921, Bengali filmmaker Satyajit Ray was convinced he must become a director after seeing De Sica’s “The Bicycle Thief” on…
Citizen Kane: American Cinema’s Colossus
Since its premiere in New York on this date in 1941, Citizen Kane has been widely regarded for most of its existence as the greatest…
Film Maverick Lars Von Trier
Film director Lars Von Trier was born in Denmark on this day in 1956. Responsible for the movement in cinema he co-authored in 1995 called…
Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird: “All Rise”
On this day in 1926, novelist Harper Lee, the novelist known primarily for the American classic To Kill a Mockingbird, was born in Monroeville, Alabama.…
Chloe Zhao Breaks an Oscars Barrier
On this date in 2020, Chloe Zhao became the first woman of color to receive the Best Director Oscar. Her film Nomadland, based on the…
Jack Nicholson: From B Movies to Decades on the A List
Jack Nicholson was born on this day in 1937 in Neptune City, New Jersey. Beginning with a string of low budget films with director Roger…
The Color Purple Breaks the Pulitzer Barrier
The Color Purple by Alice Walker won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction on this date in 1983 — the first for a black woman. Published…