History

The Whipping Johnny Didn’t Get

A short play from a small town Lost and Found in time.

The Caesar Legacy: Politics and Leadership From Julius to “Apes”

The “Planet of the Apes” series introduced two of our most moral and humane leaders … but like their namesake conflict shaped character.

The World’s Oldest Surviving Film: “Roundhay Garden Scene,” Circa 1888

This may or may not be the…

Revisiting the Racism that Inspired One of the World’s Bestselling Crime Novels

The original title of Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None” is a stark reminder of ‘yesterday’s’ white supremacism.

The Folly and the Value of Gal Gadot as Cleopatra

The announcement of a female Mediterranean superstar…

Shalom Bollywood: How Four Jewish Actresses Influenced the Indian Cinema Industry

An acclaimed 2017…

The Legend and Mystique of “London After Midnight”

Cinema’s most notorious lost film … but why?

Thomas Edison’s “Frankenstein”

In 1910, the “world’s greatest inventor” presented the first filmed…

Are We Vulnerable to Another Library of Alexandria-Level Loss of Knowledge and Art?

Two Lost, Unpublished John Steinbeck Originals: “If This be Treason,” and “Old Man Stalin’s Dead.”