Cinema of the United Kingdom

Sir Richard Attenborough

Director and actor Richard Attenborough saw film as a powerful vehicle for change

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British film director Richard Attenborough died on Sunday at the age of 90. He directed classic films like Gandhi with powerful messages of positive social change, but also appeared on-screen in much-loved roles in Jurassic Park and other movies.

‘Lincoln,’ ‘Skyfall’ bring history into movie theaters this weekend

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Composer discusses surprising origin of James Bond theme song

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Colin Firth turns a king common in ‘The King’s Speech’

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‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’

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Make Up Artist Who Created Obi-Wan Kenobi and Other Icons Dies at 98

Stuart Freeborn, the make up artist and visual creator of movie characters such as Obi-Wan Kenobi, died yesterday. He was 98.  Freeborn turned actor Ron Moody into the street thief Fagin for the Musical Oliver, and he also captured movie-goer imaginations back in 1948 when he made Sir Alec  Guinness  into Fagin in David Lean’s Oliver Twist.

‘Art of Betrayal’ Reveals the Secrets of the MI6

As Daniel Craig storms the screen as James Bond in “Skyfall”  this weekend, MI6, the British Secret Service, is once again on America’s mind.   According to Gordon Corera, security correspondent for the BBC,  “For most of its existence, secrecy was so prized that MI6 did not even exist. At least, not officially.” Gordon reveals the secret history […]

The Origin of Bond Theme Music

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We all think we know what the tune signifies: edgy, classy, secret, even dangerous, but Monty Norman composed it to suggest something very different.

British Cartoonist Ronald Searle Dies

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Anchor Marco Werman talks to British cartoonist Steve Bell about the life and work of British graphic artist Ronald Searle who died at the age of 91. Searle was the author of the St Trinian’s series and was an illustrator for many news publications.

Remembering British Cartoonist Ronald Searle

British artist and cartoonist Ronald Searle died on December 30 at age 91 at his home in southern France. Best known as the creator of the “St. Trinian’s School” series, and illustrator of the “Molesworth” books, Searle was revered as one of the greatest British graphic artists. Celeste Headlee remembers Searle’s life and career.