“Reagan” is the worst kind of hagiography. It’s a wretched 2½-hour bore that’s uncurious about its subject. This poorly constructed, hole-filled biopic is also so sanitized that it feels ...

The faithful for whom “Reagan” was made aren’t likely to see that it’s a hagiography as rosy and shallow as anything in a Kremlin May Day parade. As pop-culture propaganda — popaganda, ...

On the face of it, “Lorne” seems absurd. A 600-page biography of a TV producer most Americans know only as a name and a lordly caricature — the man behind the curtain of “Saturday Night ...

The film’s once-over-lightly approach to dramatizing key moments in 20th century history likely will please partisan admirers without winning many new converts. There is a great deal more ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The story of a carpenter who became an icon, Harrison Ford’s biography has a certain seasonal appeal ...

Beyond the appropriate awe, this two-part PBS documentary, co-directed by Ken Burns, adds human texture to the hagiography. By Margaret Lyons “Leonardo da Vinci,” a four-hour, two-part ...