John Mills

First Choice for Lolita, Hayley Mills, Attends Rare Screening of Whistle Down the Wind in Hollywood, Cult Classic Comes to BAM

Penelope Andrew | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Bryan Forbes, John Mills, British New Wave, Lolita, BAMcinemaFest 2011, TCM Classic Film Festival 2011, Cari Beauchamp, Tcm, Deborah Kerr, Whistle Down the Wind, Rosalind Russell, Hayley Mills, Alan Bates, BAM Rose Cinemas, Mary Hayley Bell, Bam, Juliet Mills, The Chalk Garden, The Trouble With Angels, Ida Lupino, Entertainment News
Penelope Andrew

Film buffs who missed the 2011 TCM Classic Film Festival's rare screening and discussion of director Bryan Forbes' (The L-Shaped Room) first...

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Alec Guinness: So Much More Than Obi Wan Kenobi

John Farr | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Star Wars, John Mills, Movie Recommendations, Jack Hawkins, Charles Dickens, Peter Sellers, Stanley Holloway, Best Movies, Best Movies by Farr, Alec Guinness, Obi Wan Kenobi, Herbert Lom, Academy Awards, David Lean, Laurence Olivier, William Holden, The Late Show With David Letterman, Top Movies, John Gielgud, David Letterman, Entertainment News
John Farr

The term "class act" seems overused at a time when there are fewer examples of it around, but no more apt expression comes to mind. If anybody had the right to be, it was Sir Alec Guinness.

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Beyond "The Poseidon Adventure" : A Tribute To Ronald Neame

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, The Poseidon Adventure, Toy Story 3, John Mills, Michael Powell, British Cinema, Noel Coward, Best Movies on DVD, Maggie Smith, Best Movies by Farr, Alec Guinness, Thirteen/WNET, Criterion Collection, Ronald Neame, Entertainment News
John Farr

We are so collectively mired in the hyper-superficial, materialistic, flashy "moment of now" that we haven't paused to acknowledge a man who helped bring some of the finest British films ever made to the screen.

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