MY SAY Ken Burns launched his own illustrious career 43 years ago with "Brooklyn Bridge," and until now, never left these shores, while picking over the bones of every major American historical ...

Though the sounds of drills, saws and other machinery, and dynamite has been silenced, there has been music in the Essex Bluestone Quarry provided by the bass of frog croaks, the cacophony of spring ...

Ken Burns and his team typically tackle expansive topics: The Civil War. National Parks. Baseball. Country music. But sometimes he does embrace singular historical figures such as Thomas Jefferson ...

Ken Burns has stepped out of his usual Americana-focused content to produce a new documentary covering the life of Leonardo da Vinci. It’s the first time the 15-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker ...

He also happens to be exactly the kind of posthumously appreciated figure about which Ken Burns has spent his career making seminal documentary films. Yet, more so than any of his previous ...

I said this was a somewhat different film for Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and McMahon. I didn’t say it was entirely new.

Much is made about Leonardo being a bridge between antiquity and the modern age, and there’s a parallel with Burns’ style here. He (and his collaborators) largely ditch the “Ken Burns effect ...

Ken Burns’ latest documentary is his first one exploring a non-American subject, telling the story of the life, achievements and influence of Leonardo da Vinci. According to NPR, The documentary ...

Two-part documentary premiering Monday centers on Ken Burns’ first non-American subject ... that leads directly into a graceful background bridge across a river, linking near and far.

Ken Burns named his company Florentine Films because one of his partners was from Florence — the one in Northampton, Mass., not the one in Tuscany. But it’s certainly fitting to see that ...