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Jun 22, 2024 · Sidney Lumet, American director who was noted for his psychological dramas, which typically featured characters wrestling with moral or emotional conflicts involving betrayal, corruption, or disillusionment. He was also known for eliciting strong performances from his cast members.
Jun 21, 2024 · Sidney Lumet was the Oscar-nominated director who proved incredibly prolific during his career, directing over 40 movies in 50 years, from his feature debut “12 Angry Men” (1957) through...
Jun 22, 2024 · June 22, 2024 7:00 am ET. Share. Resize. Listen. (3 min) Director Sidney Lumet circa 1973. Photo: Santi Visalli/Getty Images. If an essential quality of great art is timelessness, Hollywood movies ...
Jun 24, 2024 · Where to begin with Sidney Lumet. In the week of Sidney Lumet’s centenary, we pick a path through the recurring themes of law, order and justice that defined his colossal film career – from 12 Angry Men to Dog Day Afternoon.
Jun 25, 2024 · Lumet earned four Oscar nominations for best director- “12 Angry Men,” which marked his feature debut, 1975’s “Dog Day Afternoon,” “Network” and “The Verdict”-and shared another ...
Jun 21, 2024 · “I am not optimistic at all about American society”: Sidney Lumet on Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead. Upon the release of what would be his final film, Sidney Lumet spoke about shooting digitally, melodrama and tragedy and getting audiences to know terrible people. From our February 2008 issue.
Jun 25, 2024 · Documentarian Nancy Buirski’s By Sidney Lumet played at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival as part of its “Cannes Classics” cinema history section (celebrating 20 years in 2024 1) but if there was a theatrical release, I missed it.
