Laurence Olivier News

The magnificent Uncle Vanya from the Chichester Festival, one of the finest pieces of creative acting to be seen in the English theatre these thirty years, has rightly arrived in the repertory of the National ...

This week our film history expert answers your questions on age discrepancies between actors playing family members, silhouette cinema, and dwarf performers Not old enough to be his mother ... Eileen Herlie and ...

After two decades in the wilderness, the 'essay film' has resurfaced. Producer Don Boyd on how the digital age is custom-built for directors with big ideas and tiny budgets Twenty years ago, I produced an ...

Genre: Anti-War Drama Directed by: Derek Jarman Starring: Nathaniel Parker, Tilda Swinton, Laurence Olivier, Nigel Terry, Sean Bean Like nearly all of Derek Jarman's films, his War Requiem is an uneven work ...

Welcome to the Daily TWiP, your daily dose of all the holidays, historical observances, etc., we couldn't cram into The Week in Preview.

With all the hype surrounding the two Hamlets currently on their way to the West End, I was cruelly reminded by the film version of Jean Anouilh's Becket what great actors Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton are ...

Laurence Olivier must have been drawn to this by the same force that impelled him to do Cat on a Hot Tin Roof for television.

That question is a vital one right now, even though every time it is asked, I think of Laurence Olivier asking it to Dustin Hoffman in "Marathon Man." Clearly there has been some very important progress on the ...

Cary Grant was a class act right up to the end of his Hollywood career, which he concluded by doing that rarest of things A- retiring.

Emily Bronte's classic story of love, jealousy and revenge on the wild Yorkshire moors is given a brand new look in this clever adaptation by April De Angelis.

It's time to revisit Brideshead - and the good news is that it's just as stunning as ever.

At The Colonial Theatre, Classics on Sundays for the month of October will feature the following films.

Sam Goldwyn's production of the Emily Bronte novel plays up the already overlarge element of pulp-gothic in it.

Genre: Biopic Directed by: Alexander Korda Starring: Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Alan Mowbray, Sara Allgood, Gladys Cooper It's big.

IT WAS the most coveted female role in Hollywood history and all the great screen sirens of the time fought for it - stars like Katherine Hepburn and Bette Davis claiming it was made for them.

Paul Newman's Oscar history is lengthy. He had nine nominations, eight for best actor.

Robert Wagner has spent 60 of his 78 years in show business, beginning with Darryl Zanuck's 20th Century Fox and continuing through to Mike Myers' Austin Powers movies.

This sensitive, expressive leading and supporting player is best known for her stellar stage work and occasional yet indelible film and TV appearances.