Samson had defeated enemies, escaped traps, and survived situations that would have destroyed an ordinary man. But in the end ...

A meticulous portrayal of the chaotic existence endured by two Aboriginal teens on an Outback reserve, "Samson & Delilah" is an engrossing and touching snapshot of an Australia too often left on the ...

The pages of classic literature are filled with famous love stories—some historical and some fictional. Such names as Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra, and Tristan and Isolde come to mind. One ...

Producer-director Cecil B. DeMille’s epic tells the spectacularly dramatized Book of Judges story of a Hebrew strongman who learns the hard way that his strength flows not from himself, but from God.

When it comes to filmmaking, Cecil B. DeMille is a legend among legends; the highest honor bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press bears his name. So, you may have wondered why his 1949 film, Samson & ...

How do you know you’re looking at a pretty good piece of filmmaking? When the director and actors can make you care about the central characters even though they exchange almost no dialogue. And when ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

TWENTY years ago, when Cecil B. DeMille realized he could film the destruction of a Philistine temple better than anybody else, he cast about for a story that would lead up to so magnificent a climax.

There are few things the art world loves more than the whiff of scandal — except, of course, a genuine, full-blown scandal. The bigger the money, the reputations of the power players and institutions, ...