“I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this any more.” If you remember nothing else of Network, you probably remember that line. Sidney Lumet’s 1976 classic satire is perhaps still the greatest movie ever made about television. Peter Finch’s unhinged TV newscaster is about to be fired, and announces he intends…
12 Angry Men
12 Angry Men is the grand-daddy of the court-room drama sub-genre. There have been some great court-room drama movies. (The Verdict, with Paul Newman, is my personal favourite. Director Sidney Lumet, for whom 12 Angry Men was his first feature film, also went on to direct this many years later, so clearly he felt an…