Movies

Marceline: The superstar clown who inspired Charlie Chaplin

The rise of cinema led to the demise of the legendary clown’s career

Octavia Butler’s science fiction made black girls heroes

She was the first sci-fi writer to win a…

Photos: Enter the badass

Rare family photos reveal Bruce Lee’s inner life, discipline, and distaste…

Two families in two different countries claimed this wild girl was their vanished daughter

When the ‘Chester the Molester’ artist got arrested for molesting, why was anyone surprised?

Watch: This Japanese actor dominated the silent film era—and went on to fight Asian stereotypes

Sessue Hayakawa was the first Asian to be nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar

Watch: How a goofy skin flick opened the doors for the American porn industry

‘The Immoral Mr. Teas’ took smut films mainstream

Infrared photos of 1940s movie audiences are a candid study of American voyeurism

Imaging the…

Hollywood was exploring sexuality, gender, and feminism in the 1930s—but one man stopped it

The sordid murder of this Hollywood director took the fun and sex out of Tinseltown