Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Film Roundup: Omar Sharif, Magic Mike XXL
The iconic actor Omar Sharif died today in Cairo. He was 83. He’s one of the few Arab actors to ever rise to the top echelons of Hollywood. In addition to Lawrence of Arabia, he also starred in Doctor Zhivago. And that’s where we’ll start our film roundup this week.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThe iconic actor Omar Sharif died today in Cairo. He was 83. He’s one of the few Arab actors to ever rise to the top echelons of Hollywood. In addition to Lawrence of Arabia, he also starred in Doctor Zhivago. And that’s where we’ll start our film roundup this week.
Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Matt Holzman
Producer, 'The Document'
Anna Scott
Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter
Jolie Myers
Managing Producer, 'Press Play'
Christy Lemire
film critic for RogerEbert.com and co-host of the YouTube channel “Breakfast All Day”
Tim Grierson
senior U.S. critic for Screen International and author of “This Is How You Make a Movie”