Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After the deeply divisive reception of "The Birth of a Nation," director D.W. Griffith released "Broken Blossoms," in which a ...

After the successful bid to tear down the Confederate flag from sites across the country, petitioners in LA want an iconic filmmaker's name, D.W. Griffith, scrubbed from an East LA school because of ...

The 1930 film “Abraham Lincoln,” directed by D.W. Griffith, stands as a notable early talkie that ambitiously portrays the life of the 16th President of the United States. Griffith, who was known for ...

Prior to his premature death at age 45 in 1955, James Agee was our most artful composer of film criticism, and what he recommended, one would do well to check out. It might seem quaint now, but Agee ...

For his next film, Griffith had a breathtakingly original concept. “Intolerance,” screening once Saturday in a stunning new digital 167-minute restoration at the Castro Theatre, was not a huge ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kumail Nanjiani had the Beverly Hilton ballroom in stitches Saturday at the 78th DGA Awards about how backwards the guild been for ...

Abraham Lincoln is a biographical film that captures the life of the 16th President of the United States, from his humble beginnings in a log cabin to his tragic assassination at Ford's Theater.

Before his Ku Klux Klan-promoting film “Birth of a Nation” (1915), D.W. Griffith codified Mexican characters and themes that persist today. The reprobate father. The saintly mother. The wayward son.

Premiere in Los Angeles -- Thomas Dixon, Jr. -- David Wark Griffith -- Making The birth of a nation -- Transforming the American movie audience -- Fighting a vicious film -- Griffith's view of history ...

After the deeply divisive reception of "The Birth of a Nation," director D.W. Griffith released "Broken Blossoms," in which a young, abused girl finds comfort in the company of a kind Chinese man. The ...