Over the years, writers and filmmakers have dreamed up fresh ways of keeping audiences on their toes. Some remain ...

Our 20th-century masters — Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino — continue to work at a very high level, while mixing with filmmakers who got their start around the turn of the century.

Over the past decades, black-and-white films have become less and less common. But when looking back at the history of cinema ...