Ice Cold in Alex

In 1941, a group of British soldiers and nurses try to cross a North African desert in an ambulance, welcoming a South African officer (Anthony Quayle) who may have ulterior…

Hamlet: Besting Henry V

Laurence Olivier. Photo: Rank Film As Ethel Barrymore opened the envelope at the 1949 Oscars and learned that Hamlet had been selected by her peers as Best Picture of the…

Lawrence of Arabia: Lost in the Sand

Peter O'Toole. Photo: Columbia I regret never having seen this film on a big screen, the kind of epic for which the widescreen format was invented. But it is a…

Guns of Navarone: Mission Impossible

Anthony Quinn, Anthony Quayle and Gregory Peck. Photo: Columbia I loved this movie when I was a kid. I had good taste. Some of the cherished childhood memories one chooses…