Is it possible to get past the controversy of Griffith's The Birth of a Nation to see his pioneering contributions to the language of movies? On DVD, the answer may be yes. (Credit: Bison Archives.) ...

France’s Deauville American Film Festival has announced a retrospective gathering 50 U.S. features that have challenged perceptions of the world to mark its 50th anniversary. The selection ranges from ...

Some first-generation disaster films were real-life disasters for their actors. D. W. Griffith’s 1920 melodrama “Way Down East,” featuring the climactic rescue of a woman being carried off on an ice ...

“Birth of a Nation” is one of the most important films in cinematic history. D.W. Griffith’s masterwork is considered by many film scholars and critics to be the first “modern” film: Its ...