How do you put a life into 500 words? Ask the staff obituary writers at the New York Times. OBIT is a first-ever glimpse into the daily rituals, joys...

The end of the Indian Wars in the US concluded with the horrific events at Wounded Knee in December, 1890. After Custer's defeat at Little Big Horn...

There are 100,000 US citizens in solitary confinement across the country, a staggering number prompting comment from both President Obama and the...

In 1994, four women were accused, tried, and convicted of the heinous sexual assault of two young girls—as one newscaster puts it, “the...

This tribute to the dynamic artist Elizabeth Murray, an intrinsic figure in New York's contemporary art landscape from the 1970s until the early...

An art world upstart, provocative and elusive artist Maurizio Cattelan made his career on playful and subversive works that send up the artistic...

Fed up with being pushed around, a group of gay and trans teens of color form a gang and fight back on the brutal streets of Washington D.C. They...

The self-help industry is worth $11 billion dollars a year. It’s an industry that captivates those seeking happiness, release from suffering...

From a young age Magnus Carlsen had aspirations of becoming a champion chess player. While many players seek out an intensely rigid environment to...

The controversial life story of America's greatest exotic dancer, who at 87 years old is preparing for her final and most important act: to repair...

How might your life be better with less? The popular simple-living duo The Minimalists examines the many flavors of minimalism by taking the audience...

This film examines how the fatal 2012 rape of a medical student has spurred India to start changing attitudes and laws about gender-based violence.

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an...

To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the...

Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed...

A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.

Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the...

Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen,...

With King Richard off to the Crusades, Prince John and his slithering minion, Sir Hiss, set about taxing Nottingham's citizens with support from the...

Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger...