Benjamin Franklin knew how to exploit France's snuff craze to get the funds and weapons the Continental Army needed

There aren't as many in Hollywood as you think -- and there should be.

Of course Christian wingnuts are willing to excuse the CIA. They're simply taking their cues from the Good Book

There might be a bondage camp near your local Renaissance Faire

An American nun who survived the torture chambers of Guatemala describes her ordeal and the fear and guilt that still haunt her.

The day Dramamine trumped George Clooney.

Our love-hate-love affair with violence goes way back -- perhaps as far as the Old Testament

A star-studded production is only as good as the script's efficiency. With Stephen King writing, that didn't happen

The politicization of the army poses a threat to democracy

The films you probably missed -- but shouldn't! This month: The Jarmusch-Lynch problem, Iceland's "Noi," Russia's "The Return," "Osama" director Siddiq Barmak on his unlikely hit, and zombie flicks go back to basics.

Have some broth or water at home? Have some vegetables on hand? Cool — you can make a restaurant-quality soup

Diane Lane shines in a Tea Party-flavored, Christian-friendly yarn about one big horse and our nation's past

Severed heads! Kinky sex! Meg Ryan reading poetry! Jane Campion's adaptation of Susanna Moore's novel is full of horrors but lacks a point.

Digital anatomies offer high-tech medical education, intimations of mortality -- and a whiff of the crypt.

The fate of prisoners secreted away under the Bush administration is in some ways worse than even Hollywood has portrayed.