As previewed first for IndieWire, the new season of "The Plot Thickens" will explore the complicated production history of the Hollywood epic, through the lens of its acclaimed director Joseph L.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "It forced me to reconcile some things about my own family," Ben says. "I was struck by how long it took me to not have a little ...

Reading this splendid compilation of interviews with the director-producer Joseph Mankiewicz, one theme continually recurs. Mankiewicz is forever convinced that “my kind of filmmaking”—literate, witty ...

It’s a family affair this time around, with Ben Mankiewicz examining all that went into the making of the scandalous epic directed by his uncle Joe. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor As TCM notes, the ...

Joseph L. Mankiewicz was born in Wilkes-Barre in 1909 and spent the majority of his childhood in New York City. After graduating from Columbia University, he moved to Berlin to be a correspondent for ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...

Ever since capturing 20th Century-Fox from the cold grip of Wall Street last summer, President Darryl F. Zanuck had been holed up in his Manhattan bunker, coldly sniping at Cleopatra. Then, armed with ...

Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (/ˈmæŋkəwɪts/ MANG-kə-wits; February 11, 1909 – February 5, 1993) was an American filmmaker. A four-time Academy Award winner, he is best known for his witty and literate ...