Stewart McLaurin, president of the White House Historical Assn. and a White House history buff, has a different point of view ...

Stewart McLaurin, president of the White House Historical Association, poses for a portrait after speaking about the history of the East Wing of the White House, construction of a new ballroom, and ...

Depending on who you ask, Kwame Nkrumah is either a hero tragically robbed of the opportunity to see his visions materialize or a narcissistic would-be dictator. The first prime minister and president ...

The Colosseum is a historical site atop many history buff's bucket lists, and a visit just got all the more enticing. For the first time in 2,000 years, tourists can walk where the emperor did through ...

Are these Hollywood portrayals of some of history’s most brutal dictators accurate? War historian, NATO Advisor and presenter ...

Running time: 100 minutes. Rated R (language and sexual references). In theaters. If when you hear the words “Pal Joey,” you think fondly of your friend Joseph, Richard Linklater’s new film “Blue Moon ...

Three film-loving Charlottesville friends announced Tuesday they’ve joined forces to help keep the city’s Violet Crown theater operating after the property and business were threatened by declining ...

It’s a big, scary world out there, but that’s never stopped us from some additional big screen thrill-seeking. While some movies are scarier than the sum of their parts, we’re getting a little more ...

It’s a mystery even local historians can’t crack. Are the statues that local history buff Jeff Young acquired in a recent estate sale survivors of the notorious MGM Grand fire that killed 87 people in ...

Daniel Bernhardt and an anthropomorphic pig monster in 'Deathstalker' (Shout! Factory) If there’s one thing I love, it’s a film franchise that time forgot. They have so much to teach us. We have a ...

Running time: 120 minutes. Rated R (Bloody and violent content, suicide, grisly images, language). In select theaters Oct. 24. That “Bugonia” is only a tense two hours is a kind of kindness. Director ...

Paul Greengrass can direct this sort of ripped-from-the-headlines drama with one hand tied behind his back; he’s proved time and again that he’s capable of wringing real emotion out of human chaos.