News about Sidney Lumet

A new documentary about the legendary actress Faye Dunaway is getting strong marks from critics in early reviews of the film. The 83-year-old Oscar winner's impressive career is traced in the new film Faye, directed and produced by the French-American documentarian Laurent Bouzereau. Faye premiered this month at the Cannes Film Festival, and so far critics have praised it for tacking the eponymous actress' infamous reputation as a 'diva,' which grew over time due to behind-the-scenes feuds with some of her costars and directors, though collaborators including the acclaimed director Elia Kazan and Sidney Lumet have praised her determination and artistic passion.

Richard Foronjy, who appeared in films such as Midnight Run, Repo Man and Carlito's Way, died on Sunday at age 86. Foronjy was arrested more than 20 times and spent more than eight years in prison before turning to acting, according to an article on Tuesday by The Hollywood Reporter. The Brooklyn native after his lone conviction served 8 1/2 years in Sing Sing and Attica prisons in New York before being released at age 32.

Remakes and reboots are almost as old as Hollywood, and some of the best films of all time are redos of earlier attempts. However, the film industry's increasing reliance on established intellectual property (IP) and concerns about financing original stories has resulted in a shift toward increased attention on franchises, which require regular reboots to keep them running. The critically reviled Fantastic Four revival from 2015, which generated less than half of what was expected and ended up being a disaster when factoring in the large advertising and promotion budget.

PETER HOSKIN: Now, in DC Comics' continuing fight to have a cinematic universe rival Marvel's, it is finally the turn of Blue Beetle. You know, the one that is blue. And a beetle. Blue Beetle, a 20-something guy who has been bonded with an alien artefact called the scarab, gives him great strength, dexterity, endurance, weaponry, and flight... all the traditional stuff. And, yes, he is blue when dressed in his amazosuit. And he does seem to be a beetle.

Irin Viner of Brazil Only once have I attended the entire Academy Awards Ceremony from start to finish. I was 1995 and I was at a showbiz party in New York, where we were all invited to drop $50 and make our predictions for every category, with the winner taking the prize. Christopher Reeve and Sidney Lumet, two of my fellow guests on the live television show, were among the guests. It was possibly the last truly vintage Oscars in the country, with Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, Four Weddings And A Funeral, and Quiz Show competing for Best Picture. (I plumped for Shawshank ahead of Gump and ended dead last).