"The message is simple: We Venezuelans never give up," says a star of Les Misérables opening in Caracas. Victor Hugo's classic resonates with residents in one of the world's deadliest cities. There's ...

First-time feature filmmaker Ladj Ly makes a galvanizing debut with “Les Misérables,” France’s entry to the Academy Awards that was nominated for an Oscar earlier this week. The title is both ...

Director Tom Shankland didn’t want his “Les Miserables” to be anything like the stage-musical version of Victor Hugo’s sweeping historical novel, nor like the 2012 Tom Hooper feature-film musical. For ...

If you thought “crimes of necessity,” such as stealing bread to feed your starving family, were only punished centuries ago, you clearly need to think again. These days, the new America we live in ...

There's no sign of an end to the crisis in Venezuela. President Nicolas Maduro is still there, and so, for millions of people, is the struggle to survive. There are dire shortages of food, medicines ...