The final cistern scene, in which a blood-daubed Elza van den Heever as Salome finally kisses the head, is a masterstroke.

When news came over the weekend that President Donald Trump wants federal law enforcement agencies to reopen Alcatraz as a maximum-security prison, I remembered the school tour of the island I took as ...

Since the death of Pope Francis on April 21, interest has surged in the Oscar-winning film "Conclave" and its source novel, which dramatizes the intrigue behind the election of a new pope. "Sunday ...

"The Silence of the Lambs" is based on the 1988 novel by Thomas Harris, the second such novel to feature the serial killer Dr ...