Thursday Nov 26 | This and That and More of the Same
"battered by winds, changed by time"
Director David Lean would do many films in his 83 years, but he would become a master of sweeping historical dramas, "Doctor Zhivago" and "A Passage to India" among them.
Capitol Hill's New Zhivago's Cafe: Bold and Sweet - like Omar Sharif
Zhivago's Cafe recently opened on Broadway in the former Dilettante Chocolate location and offers espresso, piroshkis which are turnovers made of wonderful soft bread pillows filled with flavorful meats or cheese, borscht and desserts and soon a dinner menu with Kabobs.
Bronte's gothic tale of moors madness gets the William Wyler treatment in this classic movie version starring Merle Oberon as Cathy and Laurence Olivier as Heathcliffe.
1731: Henry Cavendish. English physicist, who discovered hydrogen.
Italian composer, whose works include La Traviata and Don Carlo. 1923: Nicholas Parsons.
1983: Ralph Richardson. English actor, whose films include Doctor Zhivago.
American actor, director and producer. 1985: Yul Brynner. American actor, whose films include The Magnificent Seven and The King and I. 1999: Peter Moro CBE.
Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Role Models' debuts on Cinemax
EVEN THE LOSERS: Paul Rudd, left, and Sean William Scott take a stab at being 'Role Models' in this uneven 2008 comedy, airing at 10 p.m. on Cinemax.
Full circle for star of Arabia
After years in the wilderness, Omar Sharif, the most successful Arab actor, is on his way back, and returns to his homeland for a cinematic renaissance at age of 77.
All aboard ... a scene from The Darjeeling Limited. Trains and railways have provided the backdrop to many great movies.
Durham Holly Goddard Jones The Regulator Bookshop - Young Greensboro-based writer Holly Goddard Jones brings her debut collection of short fiction to The Regulator tonight at 7. Her cycle of stories, called Girl Trouble , centers on the perhaps fictitious town of Roma, Ky., and a few of its troubled inhabitants.
TIFF Press Conference Diaries: Julie Christie chills out at Glorious 39 Q&A
You couldn't say veteran TIFF press conference moderator Henri Behar asks a lot of smart questions, but he came up with a good one for director Stephen Poliakoff at the Wednesday afternoon Q&A for Glorious 39 : Namely, how did he convince Julie Christie to come out of semi-retirement and act in the film? Having been to the press conference and seen ...
Commentary at Metro Weekly (Newspaper...
When Mildred and Richard Loving were fighting Virginia for the right to be married though being of different races, a respectable judge in the commonwealth expressed an absurd, yet seemingly acceptable, bit of logic: God put geographic expanses between people of different races, because he obviously intended that they not intermarry.
Omar Sharif: The Present Is All That Matters
For Omar Sharif, the future and the past are useless. The only thing that counts for the Egyptian actor is the present.
Omar Sharif: Living life in the present tense
Hollywood icon recalls difficult times during his early days in film, and the toll his career took on his marriage Saturday, September 12, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by Interview Mike Collett-White Reuters VENICE: For Omar Sharif, the future and the past are useless.
Omar Sharif returns to big screen at Venice
"The Traveler," an Egyptian film by first-time feature director Ahmed Maher, is vying for the festival's Golden Lion award.
Future, past useless at my age, says actor Sharif
For Omar Sharif, the future and the past are useless. The only thing that counts for the Egyptian actor is the present.
25 best book to film adaptations
Twenty-five films that made it from the book shelf to the box office with credibility intact.
The critics loathed it, and the public just ignored it. When Ryan's Daughter was released in 1970, it proved such a box-office dud that many blame it for stalling the director David Lean's career for 10 years.
The critics loathed it, and the public just ignored it. When Ryan's Daughter was released in 1970, it proved such a box-office dud that many blame it for stalling the director David Lean's career for 10 years.
The Legend. The Battle. The First Hero. Features: DVD Warner Brothers 10,000 B.C A young man must take a small band of villagers on a hunt to rescue the woman he loves.
Another Chaplin hits the screen
Oona Chaplin joins mother Geraldine in Roberto Stefano's horror film, 'Imago Mortis' By Sophie Taylor F IRST P OSTED J T he 23-year-old granddaughter of the great silent film star Charlie Chaplin has appeared in her first major film role, starring in the Italian director Roberto Stefano 's new movie, Imago Mortis .