Sidney Lumet

Mad Men through The Boomer Lens: 'Best Episode Of The Season!'

Steven C. Eisner | Posted 05.30.2012

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This was Mad Men's Mt. Everest moment. The quality of the acting and writing, the show's deep substance and the unparalleled directing savvy pushed the ensemble to a new high.

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Which Directors Have Gotten The Most Academy Award Nominations For Their Actors?

The Huffington Post | Sharon Knolle | Posted 04.22.2012

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Who's the best director in Hollywood history? You could look at who's won the most Best Director Oscars -- that would be legendary John Ford, whose fo...

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Actor's Actor: A Birthday Salute to Robert Duvall

John Farr | Posted 03.05.2012

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Duvall can look back with pride on a rich and colorful life, and his contributions to film should never be underestimated, as the following ten titles demonstrate.

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10 Black & White Movies for People Who Won't Watch Black & White Movies

John Farr | Posted 09.27.2011

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If I could get all those black and white haters out there to watch just ten titles -- movies that constituted absolutely essential viewing -- which would they be?

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Remembering the Late Great Director Sidney Lumet Through One of His Last Interviews

Brad Balfour | Posted 09.24.2011

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The son of Yiddish thespians, Lumet began acting at age four, made his Broadway debut at 11 and first film appearance at 15. But it was as a director -- first in early live television and later in movies -- that he found his true calling.

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WATCH: Lawrence O'Donnell Accidentally Plays F-Word in Sidney Lumet Tribute

Posted 08.28.2011

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Lawrence O'Donnell forgot to edit a good 'ol fashioned F-bomb on his show Monday night. The "Last Word" host played a clip of Phillip Seymour Hoffm...

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Birthday Tribute: Albert Finney's Finest

John Farr | Posted 07.27.2011

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Finney cares a great deal about his work, but very little about publicity. Nominated five times for an Oscar, he has never once attended the ceremony.

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Sidney Lumet: The Prince of New York City

Thane Rosenbaum | Posted 06.12.2011

Sidney Lumet was a quintessential New Yorker -- street smart with a bleeding heart and a head full of immigrant, everyman voices.

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Game Changers for the Climate Movement

Kelly Rigg | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Environmentalism, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Social Activism, Sidney Lumet, Tcktcktck, Green News

Last week's climate conference in Bangkok shows that we still have a long way to go to get the international climate treaty we need, but hope springs eternal and we are beginning to see signs of major change to come.

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Remembering Three of My Favorites in Film and TV

Alec Baldwin | Posted 06.10.2011

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I will always remember Sidney Lumet as a director who enabled great actors to give among their greatest performances.

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Sidney Lumet: First Among Directors

John Farr | Posted 06.09.2011

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Sidney Lumet was a giant in his field, a director who always sought to make intelligent films that had the ring of truth.

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Legendary Director Passes Away

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 06.09.2011

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Legendary director Sidney Lumet has died at the age of 86. The New York Times reported early Saturday that Lumet, a four time Oscar nominee, died of ...

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On Her 70th Birthday, a Tribute to Faye Dunaway

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

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To paraphrase a famous quote: "Hilary -- I've seen you act, and I've seen Faye Dunaway act, and Miss Duff -- you're no Faye Dunaway." This truth is of course self-evident if you watch Faye in her prime.

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Blackberries Off: Ten Essential Movies For Easily Distracted Twenty-Somethings

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

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What if we only had a month in which to force our young adult offspring to see ten essential movies before they succumbed entirely to short-form digital content? My own personal picks.

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Missing Mr. Matthau

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

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On the first of this month, Walter Matthau, who left us just a decade ago, would have turned ninety. Ruminating on this unnoted milestone made me consider anew what a unique and gifted screen actor he was.

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Suggestions for Improving the Kim Kardashian Cover of W's Art Issue

Carol Hartsell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Why would Barbara Kruger, one of the seminal feminist artist icons of the past century, collaborate on a W cover featuring It- monster Kim Kardashian?

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Never Again: Ten Great Holocaust Films You May Have Missed

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

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We should all periodically revisit the best books and films on the Holocaust, however unpleasant, to keep our own awareness, watchfulness, and revulsion very much alive. There is no shortage of worthy choices.

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Professional Pictures: Movies About Our Day Jobs

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Broadcasting, Charlie Sheen, Kirk Douglas, Lawyers, Oliver Stone, William Holden, Billy Wilder, Faye Dunaway, Best Movies on DVD, Real Estate, Rock Hudson, Best Movies by Farr, Business, Professions, Kevin Spacey, Sidney Lumet, Peter Finch, Finance, William Wyler, Ingrid Bergman, Doris Day, Paddy Chayefsky, Jack Lemmon, The-Corporation-2004, David Mamet, Alec Baldwin, Gregory Peck, Michael Douglas, Rod Serling, Entertainment News

As seen through the revealing lens of timeless film, you can derive a measure of comfort and perspective amidst the seeming complexity of it all, because the pressures and vicissitudes of the work place go back a very long way.

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Presidential Pictures: Top Movies About The Top Job

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

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Given the sheer scale and complexity of the Presidency in modern times, it's no surprise that a host of great films have explored the nature of our country's highest office.

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The Heist Picture

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

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Great heist movies work by tying us to the unfortunate characters who populate them, and investing us in the outcome of their attempts to reach the same pot of gold so many of us chase.

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The Alarming Decline Of Expressive Language, In Life and On Film

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even as today's high school and college students are pushed harder in school, they cannot write an essay or use descriptive language nearly as fluently as their parents and grandparents could.

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ReThinking 12 Angry Men: On Sotomayor and Empathy in Our Justice System

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's empathy, the ability to imagine yourself in someone else's shoes, that protects us from the kind of simplistic, closed-minded caricaturing that leads to racism, classism and sexism.

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The Best City Movies by Farr

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

For those of you who love cities, movies, and by extension, cities in movies, here's a batch of capital DVD titles, and the capitals that inspired them.

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American Directors To Dominate New York Festival

AP | Jake Coyle | Posted 05.25.2011

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From Wes Anderson to Sidney Lumet, this year's New York Film Festival is dominated by top American directors spanning generations. Though the NYFF ha...

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