1996's Independence Day: A Must-Watch Sci-Fi Classic for Fourth of July

Few movies are as closely tied to the Fourth of July as Independence Day. Released in 1996, the blockbuster became a summer ...
Opinion

'Immigrants built NYC and…': Mamdani delivers fiery Freedom 250 speech from George Washington's desk

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani marked America's 250th Independence Day with a forceful address from George Washington's desk at City Hall, using the symbolic setting to criticize President Donald ...
Opinion

The founding father of American literature, Charles Brockden Brown saw his nation's dark side

Murder, suicide, spontaneous combustion, sleepwalking, ventriloquism: These are some of the sensational events in the novels of Charles Brockden Brown (1771–1810). As the United States' first ...

Nevada’s Extraterrestrial Highway is the freakiest road trip you’ll ever take

Take a drive to the CIA’s Area 51 – a route with more UFO sightings and unexplained mysteries than anywhere else on Earth ...

The making of Independence Day at 30: ‘I panicked and raced to set to rewrite’

The makers of the blockbusting sci-fi thriller reveal how they made a hit, why Kevin Spacey was almost involved and what went wrong with the sequel ...

Movies that bleed red, white and blue: 36 picks for your holiday celebration

When people ask what the “most Fourth of July movie ever made” is, there’s usually one obvious answer: “Independence Day. ” ...

Brian Johnson, special effects pioneer whose models were seen in Space: 1999, Thunderbirds and Alien

Everything is possible. It’s usually a question of money… Top effects cost top money. Ingenuity can produce excellent effects ...