The Films of Sidney Lumet
Why did a great director make so many bad movies? How could the man who made “Dog Day Afternoon” make 24 unwatchable films?
Read MorePosted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | Directors (Hitchcock and others)
Why did a great director make so many bad movies? How could the man who made “Dog Day Afternoon” make 24 unwatchable films?
Read MorePosted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | Directors (Hitchcock and others)
Because of his naming names at the HUAC, what you think of Elia Kazan’s oeuvre depends on whether you can separate the artist from the art.
Read MorePosted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | Criterion Collection, Directors (Hitchcock and others)
All twenty JLM films rated to coincide with a retrospective at the Criterion Collection. This includes his masterpiece “All About Eve”.
Read MorePosted by Patrick Browne | Aug 8, 2023 | Directors (Hitchcock and others)
For almost sixty years he was the ONLY director whose film WON Best Picture (Grand Hotel 1932) but he was NOT nominated for Best Director.
Read MorePosted by Patrick Browne | Apr 1, 2026 | Directors (Hitchcock and others)
One masterpiece (“Taxi Driver”). Seven near masterpieces including “Raging Bull”, “The Age of Innocence” and “The Irishman”.
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