From dive-bar patrons to Regency paramours, cross-generational friendship to same-sex longing, and chilly science fiction to ...

I'd like to start this week's newsletter with an embarrassing confession: I hadn't seen "Titanic" before last weekend. In my defense, I'm 24, and cinema predates me by 100-and-some years. There's ...

Every year the Academy Awards gives out Oscars to short filmmakers, and every year a lot of people in the audience scratch their heads, because they've never seen or heard of most of the nominees.

From the courtroom to the track, these films tell the stories of icons who dared to dream and challenge the status quo to reshape American history.

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These celebrities packed a lot into their 100 years and managed to find fame along the way – join us for a look back at some celeb centenarians ...

While parts of her biography are tough to pin down, Marble's impact was undeniable.

Yes, Olympic hockey player Quinn Hughes comes from a hockey family. But he also comes from a reading family. The Minnesota Wild defenseman who scored the winning goal in the U.S.’s overtime win over ...

One hundred twelve years ago today, the artist who helped shape the look and sound of country music was born in Wisconsin.

The start of this year's Berlin Film Festival was marked by a row over how far film should venture into politics but for ...

A UWM class spent the 2025 fall semester studying the history of the building on Humboldt and Kane that most recently housed the Tasting Room. I talked to their instructor and did a little digging on ...