Oliver: Picking a Pocket or Two
Mark Lester. Photo: Columbia In a list I made a few years ago, I considered naming this movie the worst Best Picture winner of the 1960s. Because of the quality…
Ben-Hur: The Gospel of Judah
Charlton Heston. Photo: MGM The kind of film that starts with a five-minute overture, Ben-Hur is about as classic a 1950s Hollywood blockbuster as they come. Burt Lancaster was reportedly…
Tom Jones: A Bawdy Adventure
Susannah York and Albert Finney. Photo: United Artists The film that won director Tony Richardson an Oscar and launched the international career of Albert Finney had quite a challenging shoot.…