Vidal explains in the 1995 documentary The Celluloid Closet, which is now part of the Sony Pictures Classics 30th Anniversary 4K UHD Collection. It turns out Judah Ben-Hur had a lover the actor never ...

The relationship between Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince, and Messala, a Roman officer, is a thread that winds through all three-and-a-half hours of Wyler’s film. After their lifelong friendship turns bitter ...

Back in the Jurassic Age before Twitter, celebrities used to settle scores in public by writing letters to newspapers. One of the liveliest dust-ups in memory took place in the pages of the L.A. Times ...

Young Ben-Hur and Messala were the best of friends. They loved to race chariots. One day, Messala had to leave Jerusalem and his Jewish friend, to study in Rome and become a Roman officer. When ...

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The old adage “they don’t make ‘em like they used to” applies more aptly to 1959’s Ben-Hur than almost any film of its era. An epic on a scale never before seen, it survives now like a Hollywood time ...

There was so much for moviegoers to love about the biblical epic “Ben-Hur”: a riveting performance by Charlton Heston in his second major starring role. Hundreds of extras, elaborately clothed in hand ...

Charlton Heston as Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur (1959) Image via Loews, Inc. 1959's Ben-Hur is the very definition of an epic, a sprawling experience that few films truly match, as told by its record 11 ...