Sidney Lumet, RIP

Making Movies is Sidney Lumet's book about just that.  It's fantastic.

In The Pawnbroker, Rod Steiger is the title character, running a pawn shop in Harlem in the 1960's, haunted by flashbacks of his youth/childhood in Nazi Germany.  It's gritty, sad, well-acted and well-shot.


Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is from 2006, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke are brothers, with a heist idea - a terrific plot, and more great acting.

Yes, there's Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, 12 Angry Men, Network, and even The Wiz.  An amazing body of work.  Worth checking out.

P.S.  I got all the titles on this list from the library.  For free.