History According to Hollywood: The Civil War – Part 1

“But as Pontius Pilate said, what is the truth?” – D.W Griffith  In a bout of historical irony, the first Union troops to enter Richmond at end of the Civil War were African-American. The Confederacy Capital, bombarded and shelled, stood…

The Film Canon: The Wizard of Oz (1939)

There are certain films in the canon of American cinema that we should always leave room to remember and appreciate. These film can transport you to new worlds, give you new ways of looking at things, and then let you…