The Academy institutes Best Picture hiring and representation ‘Oscar Diversity’ quota requirements whose goals and potential effectiveness are at best debatable.
Omar Sharif in Doctor Zhivago. Egyptian actor Omar Sharif Below is a brief career recap of Egyptian film star Omar Sharif, who died on July 10 and whose credits include…
Best British movies ever made: Michael Caine in Get Carter. Best British Movies of All Time? Ten years ago, Get Carter, starring Michael Caine as a dangerous-looking London gangster, was…
Peter O’Toole as T.E. Lawrence in David Lean’s ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ Peter O’Toole: ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ actor & eight-time Oscar nominee Stage, film, and television actor Peter O’Toole, an eight-time…
Peter O’Toole: Troy and Lawrence of Arabia has announced his retirement. O’Toole is seen above as T.E. Lawrence in David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia. Peter O’Toole retires from acting. Stage and…
Lawrence of Arabia with Peter O’Toole and Omar Sharif. White men rule on TCM: ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ & ‘The Four Feathers’ + ‘Young Winston’ Turner Classic Movies’ “Race and Hollywood:…
Peter O’Toole, Omar Sharif in David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia Peter O’Toole on Turner Classic Movies on Saturday, Aug. 28., TCM’s “Summer Under the Stars” series has only four more…
What are the best British films of all time? A violent thriller is critics’ surprise #1 choice, while women-focused titles are (as usual) almost completely ignored.
Alec Guinness. Alec Guinness movies: Pre-‘Star Wars’ Guinness runs the gamut from Dickens’ Fagin to Japanese businessman romancing Rosalind Russell Alec Guinness is Turner Classic Movies’ “Summer Under the Stars”…
Starring Colin Farrell as a maybe (maybe not) gay Alexander the Great, Oliver Stone’s movie about the megalomaniac Macedonian conqueror is a grandiose but dismal effort.