Wicked,” which arrives to the big screen this fall, redeems the villain who is barely a character in L. Frank Baum’s classic ...

Sidney Lumet once wrote: "While the goal of all movies ... based on Peter Shaffer's drama which won the Tony for best play in ...

Arguably the most penetrating examination of the communications industry ever produced, Sidney Lumet's Network (1976) is a truly seminal work, so its selection to inaugurate the DGA's "Under the ...

Sidney Lumet began his career acting and directing for the theater, and made his screen acting debut in the movie, One Third of a Nation, in 1939. Lumet began directing television in the late 1940's ...

Walker was offered the role of The Scarecrow in the 1978 movie The Wiz but had to turn it down because it conflicted with his Good Times taping schedule. Director Sidney Lumet thought Walker ...

Sidney Lumet, the great American-Jewish director known for his gripping, cerebral movies, is the subject of a tribute at the Jerusalem Cinematheque starting September 4, to mark the year that ...

The Wiz Live!' ratings drop a house on 'Peter Pan' The Wiz Live! Craig Zadan, Neil Meron on next-day success and future Broadway plans The Wiz Live! producers Craig Zadan, Neil Meron talk musical ...

The Super Soul Musical ‘Wonderful Wizard of Oz,’ ‘The Wiz’ is directed by Sidney Lumet. A reimagining of L. Frank Baum’s classic children’s novel ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,’ the film follows Harlem ...

A Black-led reimagining of The Wizard of Oz, this Sidney Lumet adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name (that’s actually back in a revival right now) failed at the box office way ...

This film did, however, provide the backdrop for Lumet’s essential “Making Movies," demonstrating once again that massive flops often make for great books. 32 of 50 Joel and Ethan Coen - "The ...

Sidney Lumet, who directed such lived-in New York street dramas as “Serpico,” “The Pawnbroker” and “Dog Day Afternoon,” might not be the first director who comes to mind for a film ...