Sidney Lumet made movies for grownups. That’s the first thing and the last thing that should be said about this great American director, who died of lymphoma Friday night at the ripe old age of 86.

Sidney Lumet wrote the book on making movies. Literally. His fascinating and wise 1995 career memoir/handbook Making Movies is unlike any other film book I know. He meticulously takes you through the ...

"Clarice" co-creator Jenny Lumet has signed a four-year overall deal with CBS Studios. Under the new deal, the studio has the exclusive rights to produce all television content created and developed ...

Sidney Lumet, a versatile movie director who drew outstanding performances from many of the the screen’s greatest actors in such films as “12 Angry Men,” “Serpico,” “Dog Day Afternoon” and “Network,” ...

Season 31 of "American Masters" launches Tuesday, January 3 on PBS. Film legend Sidney Lumet is one of the most accomplished, influential and revered directors in cinema history, known for films like ...

CBS has given a pilot order to a character-based procedural from writer Jenny Lumet (Rachel Getting Married) and producers Katie Couric, David Marshall Grant (Brothers & Sisters), Alex Kurtzman and ...

Sidney Lumet, the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as “Network,” “Serpico,” “Dog Day Afternoon” and “12 Angry Men,” has died. He was 86. Lumet’s death was confirmed Saturday by Marc ...

In the 76-year history of the New York Film Critics, only two moviemakers have been honored with life achievement awards: Jean-Luc Godard and Sidney Lumet. The French director is of course the prickly ...

Owen Gleiberman is the former film critic at Entertainment Weekly. He left EW in 2014. The filmmakers who iconically define the '70s — Coppola, Scorsese, Altman, Spielberg, De Palma, Lucas — were self ...