The Independent (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
As Andrew Flintoff took his 200th Test wicket yesterday – or his 193rd depending on your view of what constitutes a Test match – it was possible to wonder how England coped in his absence. Of course, that was matched by consideration of how they should manage his presence.
Asia Times (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
As US regulators seek out culprits on whom they can pin culpability for the collapse earlier this year of Bear Stearns, the more important policy question is why did the bank have to die? Was that not a feature of the business it had chosen? - Julian Delasantellis
Pajiba (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Pajiba's Underappreciated Gems Hi / Ho-Hi / Hi-Hyper / Hi-Hyper Mediocrity The Conformist / Ranylt Richildis...
The Sheila Variations (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Joe Valdez has another movie review up - and this time it's about one of my favorites: Robert Altman's The Player. I did not know that Sidney Lumet was originally attached as a director, and that Robert Altman did the...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Review: "Trafic," "Daniel," and "Bank Job" are among the best new DVD releases.
Baristanet (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
By around 10:30 last night, Bryant Park in Manhattan resembled a giant slumber party, with hundreds of people lying on blankets to watch "Fail Safe," Sidney Lumet's 1964 Cold War thriller about an accidental nuclear attack. It even came with a Warner Brother cartoon, although we suspect the twenty-somethings who dominated the crowd don't remember the time when you saw them before every movie. The...
Material Interest (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Five things worth knowing today - It's Bastille Day. (Storm your local prison. Carefully.) - HBO screens Sidney Lumet's Fail-Safe free in NYC's Bryant Park. - Sour-beer lovers (we're sure you're out there) get their day in the sun at...
DVD Times (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
DVD Video Review: Sidney Lumet's troubling film about radical politics, unchecked government action, and the children who must live with the consequences finally arrives on DVD, reviewed here by clydefro.
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
SIR Sean Connery will introduce a screening of his classic war movie The Hill to kick-off a season of his best films in the Capital.
Twitch (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
We’ve been tracking Nikita ” Burnt by the Sun ” Mikhalkov ‘s Russian contextualization of Sidney Lumet ‘s classic 12 Angry Men for a while around here. One of the writers around these parts, who will remain unnamed, has seen it and loved it, but is holding back with the reviewage for some reason! (For this he should be punished.) 12 is one remake that is a great thing (even Oscar seemed to think so...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Film News: Event to run July 2 -15 -- Gotham’s Film Society of Lincoln Center presents “William Holden, A Different Kind of Hero,” at the Walter Reade Theater from July 2-15.
Screenhead (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Gotham’s Film Society of Lincoln Center presents “William Holden, A Different Kind of Hero,” at the Walter Reade Theater from July 2-15. Twenty of the actors films will screen, including the 1973 Clint Eastwood-helmed “Breezy”; David Lean’s “The Bridge on the River Kwai”; 1939’s “Golden Boy,” Holden’s screen debut; Sidney Lumet’s “Network”; “Stalag 17,” for which [...]
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Film News: Lloyd, Mikhalkov to attend event -- The 43rd Karlovy Vary Film Festival opens in the Czech Republic Friday with a batch of last-minute star guests added to a list that already includes Robert De Niro.
Spare Room (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Before The Devil Knows You're Dead , Directed by Sidney Lumet, Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei. Rating: R16 - Violence, Offensive Language, Drug Use & Sex Scenes It’s tempting to call this unsettling drama, the latest film from veteran director Sidney Lumet, the best thriller of 2008. We can’t do that though -- although it’s just being released in New Zealand,...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Today is Wednesday, June 25, the 177th day of 2008. There are 189 days left in the year.
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smartprimate | 04/21/2008
Obama made a telling gaffe at a San Francisco fundraiser. In trying to explain away his poor showing among “lunch-bucket” Democrats he points to how they were ill served by the previous administrations. He goes on to say: “And its not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment
moviehound | 03/05/2008
Among the slew of new DVDs released this week is the 50th anniversary edition of "12 Angry Men," one of the greatest trial movies ever made. It's the only movie...
