Movies
Today’s three-week revival of William Wyler’s “Ben-Hur” at the Cinerama Dome in a newly restored 70-millimeter, six-channel stereo print prompts the revival of that old joke: What did I think of the film?
Sept. 14, 1990
Read Philip K. Scheuer’s 1959 review of “Ben-Hur”
Nov. 25, 1959
Awards
Lew Wallace’s 19th-century novel “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ” has been adapted into two popular movies — the 1959 Charlton Heston classic, plus a 1925 silent film.
Aug. 16, 2016
Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer aren’t talking about their decision to produce a remake of the classic epic “Ben-Hur,” and it’s easy to see why.
Aug. 24, 2016
It’s been 55 years since Charlton Heston’s “Ben-Hur” hit theaters.
April 25, 2014
Movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has reduced its annual profit outlook by about $50 million, thanks to the spectacular box-office crash of the summer epic “Ben-Hur.”
Sept. 8, 2016
There are a number of things missing from the new movie “Ben-Hur” — Quintus Arrius, functioning tripods, a discernible point — but nothing perhaps so notable as the words “A Tale of the Christ.”
Aug. 19, 2016
There’s nothing like an old-fashioned epic to remind us why we fell in love with the movies in the first place, and two new DVDs fit that description to a T.
March 11, 2015
‘Ben-Hur’ Is Back: “Ben-Hur,” which holds the record for most Academy Awards won by a single film, will be re-released in a restored 70mm print opening Sept. 14 at Hollywood’s Pacific Cinerama Dome.
Aug. 29, 1990
The film “Ben-Hur” was shooting in the south of Italy last year when some disturbing news reached the set: ISIS had executed Christians on a beach just across the Mediterranean, in Libya.
Aug. 11, 2016