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Brief Encounter at 80: why we’re still falling for David Lean’s 1945 romance

The story of hot tea and unconsummated love hails from a very different era – and was far from easy to make. Yet it remains a key influence for film-makers from Sofia Coppola to Celine Song, James Ivory to Greta Gerwig

The Guardian - UK

Letter: Prunella Scales obituary

Quentin Falk writes: She made an early impression after being cast by David Lean in his 1954 film Hobson’s Choice

The Guardian - UK

Alien: Earth viewers blindsided by unlikely movie reference in new horror series

‘It’s heartwarming to know that in 2120 people are still seeing these movies,’ one excited fan wrote

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Tom Cruise reveals chance encounter in London takeaway led to Rain Man role

The Hollywood star credits his sister for pushing him to speak to Hoffman, leading to his breakout dramatic role.

Evening Standard

From The Simpsons to Werner Herzog: the coolest, craziest, scariest Nessies ever

Loch Ness Monster hunters have included the Chuckle Brothers – and even David Lean. As the Scottish icon is honoured in a new stamp and a stirring musical, we separate the classy from the crackpot

The Guardian - UK

Phyllis Dalton obituary

Costume designer who won Oscars for her work on the film epic Doctor Zhivago and for Kenneth Branagh’s 1989 Henry V

The Guardian - UK

Friday essay: A man out of time – E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India at 100 and the legacies of colonialism

I was aware of David Lean’s cinematic adaptation of A Passage to India (1984) before I encountered E.M. Forster’s original novel, which celebrated its centenary in 2024. While the film was being shot on location, I had a vague sense of the ambition as well as the arrogance of those…

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Norman Spencer obituary

Production manager and producer who worked with David Lean on The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia

The Guardian - UK

Norman Spencer, David Lean’s collaborator and UK’s second oldest man, dies aged 110

The producer, screenwriter, production designer and actor worked on some of the most acclaimed films of British cinema including Blithe Spirit, The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: the epic tale of the Eiffel Tower gets a topical outing at the start of the Paris Olympics

The story behind the French engineer’s ambition to build the highest tower in the world. Plus: more of Jamie Oliver’s delicious food. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Wicked Little Letters to The Shining: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley indulge in some sensational swearing in a hugely enjoyable comedy, while Stanley Kubrick’s iconoclastic horror still packs a punch

The Guardian - UK

Grand Tour review – engaged couple’s sweet, strange colonial era hide-and-seek

Miguel Gomes’s beguiling and bewildering story follows a jittery fiance fleeing his intended across the British empire, and her hot pursuit

The Guardian - UK

Croydon facelift: 20 years after Peep Show, London’s biggest borough lands in the Oscars spotlight

Croydon has long been cold-shouldered on both the big and small screen – even films set there were shot elsewhere. But with the awards-tipped All of Us Strangers, the unloved south London borough finds itself hot property

The Guardian - UK

Staff at Scottish restaurant 'delighted' to host top Hollywood film director

Staff at a Scottish restaurant were 'delighted' to host legendary film director.

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Barry Bennell victim says he hopes last years were as ‘difficult as possible’

The former Crewe Alexandra coach, 69, died at HMP Littlehey in Cambridgeshire on Saturday.

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I'm A Netflix DVD Subscription Superfan; These Are The Last 10 Movies I Requested Before The Service Ends

I can't chill when Netflix's DVD plan is going away. But, here are 10 movies that I still hope I get to see before the service ends in September.

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: a fantastic film about Sinead O’Connor takes on fresh poignancy

The singer spoke in a fascinating new interview before her death. Plus, Irish thriller Clean Sweep. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Adapt and survive: why Dickens still endures on page, stage and screen

The new version of Great Expectations is the BBC’s seventh, while A Christmas Carol is the most adapted English classic ever. What is it about these stories that keeps us wanting more?

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TV Tinsel: Candid and determined, British actress Anna Maxwell Martin is the real deal

Actress Anna Maxwell Martin obliterates the stereotype of the ever-so-proper British matron sipping tea from a porcelain cup. Leaning back in her straight-backed chair and plopping her arm on the table in front of her, Martin admits that one of her failings is her penchant for telling the unvarnished truth.…

The Guardian - US

Lawrence of Arabia at 60: a dazzling spectacle with complexity under the sand

David Lean’s epic is still an astonishing visual achievement but there are far richer and darker themes at play

The Guardian - UK

Dame Angela Lansbury obituary

Versatile actor with a long career on stage and screen, best known as the TV sleuth Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote

The Independent UK

Nicholas Evans: Bestselling novelist who penned The Horse Whisperer

The book made the author millions and secured him loyal fans around the world

The Guardian - UK

Streaming: The Phantom of the Open and the best underdog sports films

Mark Rylance’s pitch-perfect turn as the worst golfer in the Open’s history follows in the slipstream of valiant loser dramas, from Rocky and Slap Shot to Cool Runnings

The Guardian - UK

Tom Courtenay: ‘I told Daniel Craig I turned down Bond because of the gym work’

The celebrated actor answers your questions about the train scene in Doctor Zhivago, the joy of working on The Royle Family, and his love of the ukulele

The Guardian - UK

Dr Zhivago’s heroine takes centre stage in plagiarism row

Courtroom battle looms as author argues her book revealing inspiration for character became basis of an American novel

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