The Plot Thickens
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.
Latest Episode
Ben Answers Your Cleopatra Questions (18.09.2025)
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- Wildly Successful and Much Maligned
- Mankiewicz vs. Zanuck
- Le Scandale
- The Girl is on Salary
- Joe
- London Slog
- Season 6 Trailer: Cleopatra
- The Legend
- The Mythmaker
- Monument Valley
- The Search
- The Commander
- The Araner
- Go West, Young Man
- Season 5 Trailer: Decoding John Ford
- Introducing: Talking Pictures from TCM and Max
- From American Masters: Creative Spark: John Waters on the Fine Art of Bad Taste
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