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Doctor Zhivago

kinokaisa wrote 1 day ago: Although Doctor Zhivago (1965) is essentially a simple love story of a man and a woman who cannot be … more →

Tags: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, Movie, Review 2, 1960's Movie, Alec Guinness, Drama, Geraldine Chaplin, History, Julie Christie

The IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT REVIEW-Bridge On the River Kwai2 comments

CainTheConqueror wrote 5 days ago: This movie came out in 1957 and stars none other than Obi Wan Kenobi. (Alec Guinness, who by the way … more →

Tags: hollywood 2, Political, Review, film, Movie, Old School, historic, Alec Guinness, Bridge on the River Kwai

FILMBOXers LOVE all things Film...

LangleyFilmbox wrote 5 days ago: Here’s some other local film-making and cinema events (and news) going on near you – ple … more →

Tags: Filmbox News, beckenham, beckenham cinema, beckenham films, BFF's, bromley, bromley cinema, Community Cinema, David Lean Cinema

A Month of Roger Ebert's Great Movies, part three

drfreex wrote 1 week ago: As a tribute to the late Roger Ebert, some members of the Letterboxd community are spending May visi … more →

Tags: Movies That Do Not Suck, alexander korda, Billy Wilder, D W Griffith, double indemnity, Roger Ebert, The Birth of a Nation, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The thief of Bagdad

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

eatthatphonebook wrote 1 week ago: Prince Of The Sands. UK Release: 10 December 1962,    227 min.  Director: David Lean Starring: Peter … more →

Tags: Older/Classic Movies, Biopic, War, UK, 1962, adventure, historical drama

Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Summertime (1955, Lean) 4 comments

Catherine wrote 2 weeks ago: The shot I chose from David Lean’s Summertime is central to the fleeting grasp of Jane and Renaldo’s … more →

Tags: hit me with your best shot, 1950s, 1955, Katherine Hepburn, Romance, Summertime

HMWYBS Summertime and Trains!3 comments

Anne Marie wrote 2 weeks ago: Anne is technically on hiatus through May to finish a writing project, but will contribute brief sub … more →

Tags: film, Katherine Hepburn, hit me with your best shot, Summertime, Trains, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Brief Encounter

Jerry Bruckheimer

Celeb Movie Picks wrote 2 weeks ago: Would recommend ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’ by David Lean … more →

Tags: Tuesday 7th May 2013, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Jerry Bruckheimer

#1 - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

afis8 wrote 2 weeks ago: The Bridge on the River Kwai In this attempt to fill as many of the gaps in my cinematic knowledge a … more →

Tags: Earning my Stripes as a Cinephile, Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa, William Holden, Carl Foreman, Pierre Boulle, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Earning My Stripes As A Cinephile

Free Friday Film: The Ghost Camera (1933)

Nitrate Diva wrote 2 weeks ago: Are you up for a quickie? No, not that kind. Wash your brain out with soap, you n’er-do-well. Today … more →

Tags: 1930s, Free Film Friday, free friday film, Surrealism, zombie, b-movie, Bernard Vorhaus, British, camera

Doctor Zhivago - Boris Pasternak

danyulengelke wrote 2 weeks ago: Now that New York’s long winter season has (hopefully) turned toward warmer weather, the impet … more →

Tags: Reviews, literary characters, russian literature, Pasternak, second birth, Russian Revolution, world novels, Adaptation, zhivago

Djimon Hounsou

Celeb Movie Picks wrote 3 weeks ago: Would recommend ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’ by David Lean … more →

Tags: Tuesday 30th April 2013, Djimon Hounsou, The Bridge on the River Kwai

Blue Ray's Discs of the Week Commencing 01/05/13

The Last Podcast Show wrote 3 weeks ago: This week’s column comes to you after a week of taking a break from writings and podcasting fo … more →

Tags: Blu-ray/DVD Writings, Billy Wilder, Edgar Wright, sightseers, Ben Wheatley, Alice Lowe, Steve Oram, samsara, Ron Fricke

Doctor Zhivago (2002): a review

chrsvg wrote 3 weeks ago: I do love this adaptation of Pasternak’s novel and I am saying that despite the fact that I am … more →

Tags: Movies, tv sries, Literature, Movie, Reviews, TV Series, Doctor Zhivago, Julie Christie, Omar Sharif

....Not Minding That It Hurts.7 comments

thebaker77 wrote 3 weeks ago: Now the King told the boogie men You have to let that raga drop The oil down the dessert way Has bee … more →

Tags: Prometheus, Michael Fassbender, Lawrence of Arabia, The Baker, Western Hospital, Hepatitus

Lawrence of Arabia - a review

Matt wrote 3 weeks ago: ​Why start out with such an old film? Frankly, because story alone trumps any excessive amount of ov … more →

Tags: Blog, Lawrence of Arabia, Movies, Movie Reviews, Golden Age of Cinema, Peter O'Toole

What's Happened To the Movies?5 comments

Peter M Kelly wrote 3 weeks ago: “A good drama critic is one who perceives what is happening in the theater of his time. A great dram … more →

Tags: Personal Essays, Movies, Kenneth Tynan, Boiris Karlkoff, Maltese Falcon, Tarzan, Joihn Huston, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre

Benched: Council still can't get borough's greats' names right

insidecroydon wrote 4 weeks ago: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: or, if you are Croydon Council, Samuel Taylor-Coleridge It is almost a year … more →

Tags: activities, Art, Cinema, Comedy, Croydon Council, Cycling, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Environment, Fairfield Halls

The History of Popular Songs - Episode One1 comment

XperDunn wrote 1 month ago: XperDunn plays Piano April 22, 2013 (Earth Day) The History of Popular Songs – Episode One … more →

Tags: atheism, Historical, piano music, Personal Observations, song covers, for fun, xperdunn, Music, Piano


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