Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. This week our film staffers published a holiday wish list of the movies we are looking ...

As America's 250th birthday approaches (with the grim reaper looming large), the distinguished documentarian's 12-hour series on our country's first — and, he argues, ongoing — revolution aims to ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Back in 1990, Ken Burns made his reputation with “The Civil War,” a sprawling, multipart documentary that caused a ...

Testing the human animal’s tolerance for plaintive fiddles, wheezy bagpipes, Peter Coyote and the whispery recitations of diary entries, “The American Revolution” is the most Ken Burns-y of Ken Burns ...

The new Ken Burns documentary "The American Revolution" premieres Nov. 16 on PBS (check local listings). Celebrities including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and Ethan Hawke voice historical figures in the ...

Throughout his career, Burns has developed and perfected the tricks of his particular trade: the evocative use of music and quotations from speeches and correspondence; the use of actors to read the ...

Considering the expansiveness of this historic campaign and its global effects, it's no wonder it took 12 hours to retell its story. "The American Revolution was the first war ever fought proclaiming ...

This past June, at a No Kings rally outside a white clapboard church in a little brick town in the lower right-hand corner of Vermont, Green Mountaineers huddled together in raincoats under a ...

PBS to Launch Largest Outreach Effort in Network’s History, with Filmmaker Events in 25-plus Markets, Station Engagement Across the Country, Extensive Educational Materials, and Partnerships with ...

Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming month. PBS may be worse for wear following federal defunding, but public TV documentarian Ken Burns remains at work with ...

The interviews The brain behind QWOP has spent 20 years perfecting the art of failure Inside Pluribus, a Better Call Saul reunion so secret its star can barely explain it Final Fantasy Tactics remake ...

For more than 50 years, the name Ken Burns has been synonymous with quality documentary films focused on American history and culture. His documentaries, primarily shown on PBS, have delved into ...