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Lawrence of Arabia & I

Film
By Paul Kowalski | September 28, 2021
By Paul Kowalski | September 28, 2021

Lawrence of Arabia & I

Director Paul Kowalski on his enduring relationship with David Lean's epic, from his childhood in Saudi Arabia to his new film, Paper Tiger.

How I Came to Make a Scottish Historical Epic … in Montana

Film
By Richard Gray | September 20, 2019
By Richard Gray | September 20, 2019

How I Came to Make a Scottish Historical Epic … in Montana

Richard Gray on how he went from being an Aussie kid who loved Braveheart to revisiting characters from that film in a movie of his own.

Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) Talks Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings

Film
By Terence Nance | December 16, 2014
By Terence Nance | December 16, 2014

Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) Talks Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings

The latest (problematic) biblical epic is deconstructed on an epic scale.

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