Karel Reisz

Boy cinematographer(and eventually Lambaste Films…

nnsnori.wordpress.com     Jul 9, 2008          

Subdue cinematographer(and in due time Sow chaos Films magnate) Freddie Francis by off whereat Fringe 20th.Anything in point of the films, close copy being as how The Diabolism re Dracula(1964), were anything howbeit surefire...                

Sir Nicholas Winton is Holocaust Hero

rightpundits.com     Jun 28, 2008   3 related          

Meet Sir Nicholas Winton, a British stockbroker who saved 669 Jewish children from Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia at the outbreak of World War II. Read his biography, see photos and a video of him below. Sir Nicholas Winton Its...                

San Sebastian honors Davies

variety.com     Jun 20, 2008          

Film Festivals: British director given retrospective -- Following a well-received Cannes out-of-competition outing for his latest film, “Of Time and the City,” Brit director Terence Davies will continue his return to the film...                

Feature: Interview: Roger Spottiswoode on "The Children of Huang Shi&...

efilmcritic.com     Jun 7, 2008   3 related          

Hill (“Hard Times”) and then as the screenwriter of the enormously popular “48 Hrs,” Canadian-born filmmaker Roger Spottiswoode has carved out an eclectic career that has seen him jumping from big-budget entertainments like...                

Liberal affair lacks passion

thisislondon.co.uk     May 19, 2008          

By Nicholas de Jongh, Evening Standard 14.05.08 More reviews by Nicholas de Jongh Obsessive passion: Dugald Bruce-Lockhart as Freddie and Greta Scacchi as Lady Collyer You could not quite describe Terence Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea as a rallying cry for the sexual liberation of women trapped in...                

Margaret Drabble: The beginning of life should not be a subject for crude polemic

guardian.co.uk     May 10, 2008   23 related          

Margaret Drabble: Forty years ago legalised abortion was a triumph, but is it time to rethink the rights of the unborn? ... Forty years ago legalised abortion was a triumph, but is it time to rethink the rights of the unborn? It was the old wives' abortion remedy that...                

Look Back in Anger -- Film Review

suite101.com     Mar 6, 2008          

A look at Richardson's hard-hitting 1959 screen version of Osbourne's infamous play, which signaled the beginning of social realism in British film, and the introduction ... Look Back in Anger was made in 1959 by Tony Richardson, who, along with directors such as Karel...