William likes watching movies and writing about those movies. Anything else is minutae. Cinema knows no borders. Many of the greatest films ever made have come from the furthest corners of the world, ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this report misidentified the music stars who made cameos in 1980's "The Blues Brothers." Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and James Brown all appeared ...

It was Jack Nicholson's breakout role.

The all-time best American movie screenplays cover a wide range of genres, from neo-noir gems like Chinatown to timeless war dramas like Casablanca.

Cinema knows no borders. Many of the greatest films ever made have come from the furthest corners of the world, but there's no denying the massive impact the American film industry has had. The ...