Never before available on DVD, the Burton-O’Toole classic Becket at last gets its due. This week’s DVD release follows a laborious 2003 restoration and a limited theatrical re-release earlier this ...

The Academy Film Archive ran into a bit of unexpected trouble restoring the 1964 film “Becket.” “Becket,” based on the Jean Anouilh play, stars Richard Burton as Thomas a Becket and Peter O’Toole as ...

Oscar-winning scribe William Monahan (The Departed) has signed on to write/direct an adaptation of the 1959 Jean Anouilh play, Becket. Calling the project "an adaptation, or re-invigoration, of an ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. As Kenneth Turan noted in The Times, Angelenos have until Thursday to ...

Peter O’Toole as ‘Lawrence of Arabia,’ the role that immortalized him. Irish-born, British-educated actor Peter O’Toole passed away December 14 at Wellington Hospital in London after battling a long ...

Just before the expected love fest for Peter O’Toole at the Academy Awards on Feb. 25 — whether he wins his first “real” Oscar in eight tries or not — his first big hit has been restored and ...