Our sixth season is Cleopatra, a six-episode series about one of the most expensive and infamous movies ever made. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Cleopatra should have been a smash. Instead, it was a shoot plagued by medical emergencies, climate disasters, nervous breakdowns, and the most scandalous love affair to ever hit a movie set. Join host Ben Mankiewicz as he digs through his own family stories to understand how it turned out so badly for his Oscar-winning uncle. Cleopatra starts July 17.
Title | Date published | ||
Ask Ben Your Cleopatra Questions! | 2025-08-26 | ||
Wildly Successful and Much Maligned | 2025-08-21 | ||
Mankiewicz vs. Zanuck | 2025-08-14 | ||
Le Scandale | 2025-08-07 | ||
The Girl is on Salary | 2025-07-31 | ||
Joe | 2025-07-24 | ||
London Slog | 2025-07-17 | ||
Season 6 Trailer: Cleopatra | 2025-07-02 | ||
The Legend | 2024-07-18 | ||
The Mythmaker | 2024-07-11 | ||
Monument Valley | 2024-07-04 | ||
The Search | 2024-06-27 | ||
The Commander | 2024-06-20 | ||
The Araner | 2024-06-13 | ||
Go West, Young Man | 2024-06-06 | ||
Season 5 Trailer: Decoding John Ford | 2024-04-18 | ||
Introducing: Talking Pictures from TCM and Max | 2024-02-09 | ||
From American Masters: Creative Spark: John Waters on the Fine Art of Bad Taste | 2023-05-01 | ||
Bonus Episode: Donald Bogle and Racquel Gates | 2023-02-07 | ||
Bonus Episode: Bob Minor & Jadie David | 2023-01-24 |