There was nothing high-brow about Sidney Lumet as the dean of New York directors for four decades.
Lumet, Sidney: Position among Hollywood Directors–Part 3
July 31, 2014 by
Lumet is classified in a category labeled “Strained Seriousness,” along with Richard Brooks, Norman Jewison, Stanley Kubrick, Robert Rossen, Karel Reisz, Tony Richardson, John Schlesinger, and Robert Wise. According to Sarris, “these are talented but uneven directors with the mortal sin of pretentiousness. Their ambitious projects tend to inflate rather than expand.”
Lumet, Sidney: TV Work–Part 2
July 31, 2014 by
The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) hired Sidney Lumet, then 26, as a television staff director in 1950 and assigned him first to Danger, a suspense and adventure series.
Oscar Directors: Lumet, Sidney–Formative Years in New York
July 31, 2014 by
Celebrating Sidney Lumet: Quintessential New York Filmmaker Sidney Lumet was born on June 25, 1924 in Philadelphia. His father, Baruch Lumet, an actor-writer-director in the Yiddish theater, moved his family to the Lower East Side when Sidney was one year old. At the time, and through the 1940s, the Yiddish stage was flourishing in New […]
Movie Stars: Johansson, Scarlett–Hollywood’s New Action Star
July 27, 2014 by
It’s a big win for Scarlett Johansson, solidifying her as action star to surpass and relace Angelina Jolie.
