Cinematic director Busby Berkeley (1895-1976) pioneered the use of dynamic angles in the art of filmmaking. He is most widely recognized as the man who orchestrated the magnificent dance extravaganzas that characterized Hollywood musicals between 1930...

The premier dance director of 1930s Hollywood musicals, Busby Berkeley created outrageously fantastical production numbers featuring synchronized hordes of beautiful women moving in kaleidoscopic patterns that took audiences on surreal journeys away...

Busby Berkeley (November 29, 1895 – March 14, 1976), born William Berkeley Enos in Los Angeles, California, was a highly influential Hollywood movie director and musical choreographer. Berkeley was famous for his elaborate musical production numbers...

What glorious posthumous revenge: After a career spent playing second fiddle to directors whose films he brightened (or rescued) with his cinematic dance extravaganzas, Busby Berkeley finally gets his name on the top line. The Busby Berkeley Collection gathers five of the peerless dance...

Millions of people won't watch the Super Bowl tomorrow, so cable and broadcast networks are scrambling for the audience that's left. On Turner Classic Movies (TCM), the happiest cable channel around, the attractions chosen to battle the Bowl have something in common with...

The latest resurrection of Gounod's Faust at the Metropolitan Opera-staged with compulsive vividness-employs a cast that for uniform brilliance may surpass that of any Faust in the company's 122-year history. That's no mean feat: The opera has been performed at the Met more than 700...

Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle, from a screenplay by Mr. Chow, Tsang Kan Cheong, Xin Huo and Chan Man Keung, is difficult for me to evaluate. I know next to nothing about Mr. Chow, even though he's been appearing in Hong Kong films since 1988,...