Aug 15 2026
Born on this day, August 15, 1912, Julia Child would become one of the most unlikely—and most beloved—revolutionaries in American food. She did not grow up dreaming of becoming a chef. She did not attend culinary school as a teenager or inherit a family restaurant. In fact, Julia was well into her thirties before food …
Aug 13 2026
Born on August 13, 1899, Alfred Hitchcock became one of the most recognizable and influential directors in film history. His name became so closely associated with suspense that simply describing a movie as “Hitchcockian” can conjure an entire atmosphere: an innocent person under suspicion, a seemingly ordinary place concealing something sinister, a dangerous secret, a …
Jul 31 2026
Born on July 31, 1927, Peter Nichols became one of the most distinctive British playwrights to emerge during the theatrical revolution of the 1960s and 1970s. His plays could be hilarious one moment and devastating the next, combining music hall, farce, direct address, songs, jokes, domestic arguments, painful memories, and uncomfortable subjects that conventional theater …
Jul 26 2026
Born on July 26, 1928, Stanley Kubrick became one of the most influential filmmakers of the twentieth century without ever settling comfortably into a single genre. He made crime films, war dramas, historical epics, black comedy, science fiction, dystopian satire, horror, and psychological drama. The subjects changed dramatically, but the unmistakable intelligence behind them did …
Jul 14 2026
Born on July 14, 1918, Ingmar Bergman became one of the most influential filmmakers of the twentieth century by turning some of humanity’s most private fears and questions into cinema. His films explored faith and doubt, marriage and loneliness, childhood and memory, aging and death, the masks people wear for one another, and the often …
Feb 11 2026
Valentine’s Day and movies belong together. There’s something wonderfully easy about settling in with someone you love—or enjoying a cozy night by yourself—with a good movie, favorite snacks, and nowhere else you need to be. But not everyone wants the same kind of romance. Maybe you want sweeping old-Hollywood drama. Maybe you’d rather laugh through …
Jan 17 2026
Vietnamese cinema is far richer and more varied than international audiences sometimes realize. Its history encompasses wartime films made under extraordinarily difficult conditions, intimate rural dramas, postwar reflections, lush romantic films, martial-arts adventures, horror, queer cinema, family melodramas, independent productions, and some of Southeast Asia’s most accomplished contemporary art-house filmmaking. For decades, many Vietnamese films …
Jan 07 2026
Few national cinemas have influenced world filmmaking as deeply as Japan’s. From the precise domestic dramas of Yasujirō Ozu and the sweeping samurai films of Akira Kurosawa to Godzilla, Studio Ghibli, J-horror, yakuza thrillers, experimental cinema, and the intimate contemporary work of Hirokazu Kore-eda and Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, Japanese filmmakers have repeatedly reshaped what movies can …
Jan 07 2026
Spanish-language cinema stretches across continents, cultures, political histories, and radically different filmmaking traditions. A movie made in Franco-era Spain may have little in common with one from revolutionary Cuba, 1970s Chile, contemporary Argentina, rural Peru, or Mexico City—yet together these films form one of the richest bodies of cinema in the world. Directors working in …
Dec 28 2025
As the clock ticks towards midnight and a fresh year beckons, what better way to celebrate than with a cinematic journey? We’ve curated a diverse list of New Year-themed movies to suit every taste. From timeless classics to recent hits, family favorites to romantic comedies, this guide has it all. So grab your popcorn and …
