Sidney Lumet

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  Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

  Sidney Lumet

  PUBLISHED May 24, 2008

  Two men in financial trouble make a reluctant pact to rob a mom and pop suburban jewellery store in a heist that has no downside and can’t...

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  12 Angry Men

  Sidney Lumet

  PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2008

  This suspenseful, brilliantly acted courtroom drama was Lumet’s first feature. Nearly 50 years later, he made Find Me Guilty, a My Cousin V...

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  Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

  Sidney Lumet

  PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2007

  This black-hearted neo-noir shouldn’t work nearly as well as it does. The surface noise is straight out of the botched heist playbook: powe...

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  The Verdict

  Sidney Lumet

  PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2007

  The Verdict, the 1983 courtroom drama by star director Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men, Network) and written by playwright David Mamet, was a de...

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  Prince of the City

  Sidney Lumet

  PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2007

  In the "behind the scenes” look at Sidney Lumet’s forgotten nugget, Prince of the City, the director mentions the mixed reviews and poor bo...

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  Dog Day Afternoon

  Sidney Lumet

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2006

  Amongst numerous memorable moments in cinema history, some of the most iconic ones turn out to be improvised. (Dustin Hoffman's Ratzo Rizzo...

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  Network

  Sidney Lumet

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  Watching the 1976 film Network 20 years later is a stark lesson in perspective. At the time, the shockingly good film was an over-the-top s...

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  The Fugitive Kind

  Sidney Lumet

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  As a teenager, I thrilled to a chance encounter with this Tennessee Williams tale of drifters and lonely housewives; it's the kind of thing...