As the old saying goes, choosing a favorite Samuel L. Jackson character is like choosing a favorite child — dead easy!

Take a walk back in time with our weekly feature looking back at top headlines and photos of yesteryear ...

Art from ancient Thrace is often flashy and brusque, as befits a warrior tribe. The archaic society was known for the prowess ...

In Ang Lee’s films—subject of an upcoming retrospective at Asia Society in New York—what seems to be about culture is a condition of the family, and vice versa.