Despite only lasting four short years from 1930 to 1934, the pre-code era of Hollywood’s Golden Age produced films that pushed the boundaries of cinema and storytelling, even by today’s standards.

"Complicated Women"? It sounds so redundant. But the documentary, based on a book by the same name, is about a special breed of complicated women, those portrayed in Hollywood movies of an enlightened ...

From '80s horror movies to a series of 1930s pre-code films, the Hollywood Theatre has something for everyone this October ...

About 20 years ago I was in a kind of partnership with another film historian who told me that, no, there wasn’t a market for a book on pre-code movies. I can only wonder what he thinks today after ...

Ross Johnson writes about television, film, and literature for Lifehacker. He has a degree in political science from the University of Rochester and has previously been a legal writer and editor for ...