Cinema of the United Kingdom
Director and actor Richard Attenborough saw film as a powerful vehicle for change
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.
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 […]
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.