Tagged David Lean

Lawrence of Arabia is often remembered for its immense scale, staggeringly large and well-coordinated set pieces, and other such enormities – like the 258-day shooting time. But a less-often mentioned aspect...

Patton Oswalt once made a joke about the creators of some of his favourite films: I love movies.  And any movie that you love, chances are it was directed by a man, edited by a woman, which means a woman...

Films based on popular source material often perform well at the box office; therefore, it makes sense that Charles Dickens – one of the most iconic English language writers of all time – has drawn in his...

It is fair to say that Pearl Harbor’s turkey credentials are now the stuff of legend. A question remains, however: is Pearl Harbor really so bad as to deserve being lumped together with such...

Period piece. Costume drama. Historical epic. Any way you slice it, it's been around about as long as cinema itself. Of course, in those days what we now consider quintessential period drama was practically...