Dec 6, 2019
We pick up where we left off with 'Cleopatra' starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, while also taking a look at the 2003 documentary telling the long, expensive, and exhausting behind-the-scenes story of the film's production, "Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood."
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Nov 29, 2019
This episode we look at two contrasting angles of the legendary Caesar and Cleopatra. The docu-drama series 'Roman Empire' returns with another season, this time showing the highlights Julius Caesar. But the main event takes us back to 1963 where the Hollywood was taken over by Joseph L. Mankiewicz' super-size version...
Apr 24, 2019
Netflix made a new history-doc series when you weren't looking, covering the lives of Ancient Rome's big guns. You may know Emperor Commodus from Ridley Scott's mostly made-up Oscar darling 'Gladiator' thanks to Joaquin Phoenix's scenery-chewing portrayal. Here he gets the spotlight as a gang of actors and...