Depictions of the submarine captain from “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” have almost always been white. An AMC series hews ...

However, Seven Samurai did something even more important for cinema, and it directly involves Akira Kurosawa. Due to his incredible knowledge of the material and his stylistic approach, Seven Samurai ...

Polaris has become a dominant force in off-road motorsports, combining American determination with pioneering innovation. They haven't become competitive in the ...

One hundred years after his birth, we pick a path through the films of the melancholy maestro of Indian cinema, Guru Dutt.

In the 1960s, an unexpected gift from the Air Force led Herb Weiss ’40 to develop an antenna that could track a speeding ...

However, there is one classic film with a three-and-a-half-hour runtime that even modern audiences can agree doesn't waste a minute: Seven Samurai (1954), arguably the magnum opus of one of the ...

Learn about the major world events and happenings, birthdays, and deaths that took place on July 08. Check what happened today in history here.

Following the overthrow of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, the Italian Fascist Grand Council reckoned it was time to make peace with the Allied Forces. However, a ground invasion of Italy by the ...

Turko-Mongol ruler Tamerlane destroys Baghdad, killing 20,000. 1540: Henry VIII annuls his six month marriage to his fourth wife ...