Best British film of the 1940s

The 1940s weren't just a golden period for Hollywood. Across the Atlantic Ocean, Britain was producing some of its finest, most timeless films. Here are ten of the very best British films from the 1940s.

It wasn’t all a bed of roses between David Lean and his most famous fan Steven Spielberg

It wasn’t all a bed of roses between David Lean and his most famous fan. Chris Evans of The Independent wrote an article in 2008 entitled: “How Sir David Lean had an epic falling out with Steven Spielberg over the filming of a Conrad novel”. [More]

Lawrence of Arabia: The film that inspired Spielberg

Steven Spielberg’s favourite film is David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia. When the film was first released in 1962 Spielberg went to see it at a small theatre in Phoenix, Arizona where he immediately fell in love with the epic tale of T.E. Lawrence. However, as the director explains, he wasn’t aware of the enormity of the film’s influence on him until much later. [More]