110 years ago today, D.W. Griffith released a silent epic that intercut four stories across centuries to argue against ...

D.W. Griffith released a silent epic that intercut four stories across centuries to argue against humanity’s capacity for ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. D.W. Griffith has been reduced by his critics to a “yes, but …” sentence. Was the native Kentuckian a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After the deeply divisive reception of "The Birth of a Nation," director D.W. Griffith released "Broken Blossoms," in which a ...

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In a newly resurfaced video essay, Kevin B. Lee contests that, incredible as “Inception” was, the technical foundation of the film was laid over a century ago by none other than D.W. Griffith. Lee ...

D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation is inarguably one of the landmarks of American cinema. The distillation of the storytelling techniques, editing ideas, framing and visual composition, and nuanced ...

Is it possible to get past the controversy of Griffith's The Birth of a Nation to see his pioneering contributions to the language of movies? On DVD, the answer may be yes. (Credit: Bison Archives.) ...

The white fiberglass elephant statues at the Hollywood & Highland shopping center are being removed in a rejection of filmmaker D.W. Griffith’s racist legacy. According to the Los Angeles Times, the ...