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USAID has saved tens of millions of lives across the globe since its inception. But those days are o

There was a time – a glorious time – when you could turn the dial in any city in the US

Sadly, Phil Hartman may be best remembered for being murdered in his sleep by his wife. This episode

Tin Pan Alley was an area of New York around the beginning of the 20th Century that served as ground

Titicut Follies is a documentary made famous by its banning. But why was it banned? And what was it

There have been many inventions that have advanced filmmaking, but maybe none as important as the st

You may be surprised to learn those ubiquitous ratings, from G to NC-17, put on movies in America ar

Once in a while a movie comes along that's so forward-thinking it changes the way that horror is don

Special effects have been around since the first movies. In fact, the techniques the earliest filmma

An estimated 50,000 films were made worldwide in 2009 alone. Many are surely clunkers, but in this e

They get blown up, shot, drowned and thrown out of windows on the silver screen - and we don't even

In today's SYSK Select episode, we learn about exploitation films. During the 1930s-80s, the work of

In 2018, director Spike Lee brought the story of Ron Stallworth to the big screen to great effect. T

James Bond, the most infamous secret agent ever to grace the silver screen, originated in the pages

Sunset Blvd is a long road, but is most known for the 1.7 mile stretch called The Sunset Strip. But

The Oedipus complex is probably Sigmund Freud’s most famous theory – that every little b

During Vietnam, the U.S. lowered the IQ standards for the draft in order to bulk up their front line

At the height of the Cold War, a group of concerned scientists promoted their findings on the horrif

The story of the Zizians is an unusual one. Are they a cult? Or are they simply a group who wants a

How long was the shortest war in human history? Under an hour. Hard to believe? Not when you hear th