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We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. 'MLK/FBI' Director Sam Pollard on Exploring a 50-Year-Old Conspiracy In his new doc, declassified documents tell the story of Dr King's harassment at the hands of the FBI Dogwoof The hour in which documentarian Sam Pollard jumps on Zoom with Esquire turns out to be a thrillingly and misleadingly upbeat sliver of time. Democrat Raphael Warnock has won his Senate run-off and fellow Democrat Jon Ossoff looks very likely to follow him. "Wow," says Pollard in New York. "Well, now Mitch McConnell will really get nerv...

Brexit and the return of the Raj January 15, 2021, 10:12 AM IST A former associate editor with the Times of India, Jug Suraiya writes two regular columns for the print edition, Jugular Vein, which appears every Friday, and Second Opinion, which appears on Wednesdays. His blog takes a contrarian view of topical and timeless issues, political, social, economic and speculative. LESS... MORE The sceptic’s witticism that the reason the sun never set on the British empire was that even God did not trust an Englishman in the dark might well merit recalling in the context of a po...

In 1999, The American Film Institute named Cary Grant the second greatest male screen legend in U.S. movie history, with only Humphrey Bogart topping him. During his lifetime he was already iconic among his peers, with Tony Curtis imitating him to woo Marilyn Monroe in the comedy classic Some Like It Hot (1959). And Grant is still popular today, as his transcending-his-period performances seem timeless after 80+ years, despite his last film being released in 1966, and having died almost 35 years ago. Local SF/British film critic David Thomson considers Grant the most important actor in cine...

Indiana Jones fans might find it hard to imagine anyone other than John Rhys-Davies playing Sallah. But before Rhys-Davies was cast, the role almost went to Danny DeVito.

To escape poverty and a fractious family, Archie Leach ran away from home at age 13 to perform as a juggler with the Bob Pender Troupe of comedians and acrobats. He frequently worked in music halls in London, where he acquired a Cockney accent. Leach made the United States his home during the company’s American tour of 1920, and for the next several years he honed his performing skills in such disparate pursuits as a barker at Coney Island, a stilt walker at Steeplechase Park, and a straight man in vaudeville shows. His performances throughout the country in numerous stage musicals and come...