Some filmmakers get full autonomy. Sometimes this is good. Sometimes, not so much… When you hit a level of success in filmmaking as a director (or occasionally a producing star actor) you find that studios increasingly bend over backwards to your every whim. This can even be to the point of risky ventures with huge […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia, 1962. Directed by David Lean. Starring Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, José Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy, Omar Sharif, and Peter O’Toole. SYNOPSIS: Lawrence of Arabia makes its standalone 4K debut in this new four-disc edition from Sony. The film is split across a pair of 4K Ultra HD […]
4K Ultra HD Review – The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Bridge on the River Kwai, 1957. Directed by David Lean. Starring William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, and James Donald. SYNOPSIS: David Lean’s classic The Bridge on the River Kwai has been reissued on 4K by Sony in honor of the film’s 65th anniversary. This is largely the same 4K edition released […]
The Greatest Director of All Time?
Tom Jolliffe ponders the question: who is the greatest director of all time? One of the toughest of tough film related questions. Who is the greatest director ever? Think over all the icons throughout history. There have been countless, many who crossed from silent to sound, such as Fritz Lang, Carl Theodore Dreyer, D.W Griffith […]
Blu-ray Review – The Sound Barrier (1952)
The Sound Barrier, 1952. Directed by David Lean. Starring Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Nigel Patrick, John Justin and Denholm Elliott. SYNOPSIS: Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight. The Sound Barrier, directed by David Lean midway through one of greatest runs in film history, is the story of the bid to […]
Movie Review – Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Doctor Zhivago, 1965. Directed by David Lean. Starring Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Rod Steiger, Tom Courtenay and Alec Guinness. SYNOPSIS: Based on Boris Pasternak’s novel of the same name, this is a love story between poet and doctor Yuri Zhivago and young nurse, Lara. Set between World War I and the Russian Revolution, they are […]
