Lumet weighed society’s failings
Film News: Helmer eyed our imperfect institutions — My first exposure to Sidney Lumet came by way of a VHS copy of “Murder on the Orient Express” that I received as a Christmas present, owing to my childhood enthusiasm for Agatha Christie. At the time, I was too nascent a movie lover to know Ingrid from Ingmar, and I devoured the film with more concern for the fidelity of Paul Dehn’s screenplay than for the particulars of the director’s style, from which this star-studded bauble of a thriller is generally considered something of a departure. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118035221?categoryid=13&cs=1&cmpid=RSS|News|LatestNews
