Reclaiming the Lost Art of Melodrama in Sidney Lumet’s Unsung Masterpiece: ‘Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead’
By Parrish Stikeleather I sent the script first to Philip, one of the finest actors in the country, and I gave him the choice…
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‘12 Angry Men’: The Everlasting Testament to Sidney Lumet and Reginald Rose’s Filmmaking Prowess
When esteemed actor Henry Fonda saw a successful teleplay called 12 Angry Men written for CBS’s Studio One, his complete lack of producing experience didn’t…
‘The Verdict’: Sidney Lumet and David Mamet’s Masterpiece as a Blend of a Courtroom Drama and a Personal Redemption Story
Frank Galvin is an empty, whisky-drenched shell of a man. Once a successful lawyer at a prestigious law firm, a dedicated professional whose life was…
Sidney Lumet and Paddy Chayevsky’s ‘Network’: The Grim Prophecy that Was Once Just Brilliant Satire
What excited the general public and outraged horrified television moguls as a razor-sharp satire in 1976, a film promoted as outrageous, hasn’t lost its principal…
Sidney Lumet’s ‘Serpico’: One Honest Man’s Struggle Against the System
The legend has it, when Al Pacino asked Frank Serpico why he had blown the whistle on New York police corruption, Serpico replied, “If I…
Sidney Lumet’s ‘Prince of the City’ and the Moral and Psychological Turmoil at the Heart of It
In a city corrupt to the bone, can a man at the same time be true to the law, to himself, to his colleagues and…
Sidney Lumet’s ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ is most likely the one film in the director’s rich career that stayed with us the most
It was 12 Angry Men that initially attracted us to the great American filmmaker and storyteller Sidney Lumet, but his 1975 mixture of drama, thriller…
BBC Omnibus: Documentary profiles of Cassavetes, Lumet, Altman, Tarantino, Ray
Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC One in the United Kingdom. It ran from 1967 until 2003, usually being transmitted…