Sydney Lumet’s The Pawnbroker, which tells the story of a camp survivor whose wife and children were murdered by the Nazis, manages the challenge through the very intense performance of the lead actor ...

The composer and arranger Quincy Jones, who died Nov. 3 at age 91, was a pioneer in many respects. His first film score assignment was 1964’s The Pawnbroker, which was the first US movie that ...

Night Will Fall 2014 Directed by Andre’ Singer, Written by Lynette Singer Narrated by Helena Bonham Carter and Jasper Britton The Pawnbroker 1964 Directed by Sidney Lumet Written by Norton S Fine and ...

It’s a thin week as far as new DVD releases go. “The Pawnbroker”: The film directed by Academy Award-winner Sidney Lumet features one of the greatest performances in the career of Rod Steiger. He ...

Sidney Lumet, who directed The Pawnbroker, makes movies of lower-class people moving in atmospheres of filth and crime but still retaining their humanity. Such is the case of Nazemann, a pawnbroker in ...

ACCORDING TO HOLLYWOOD lore, Stanley Kubrick turned down the chance to helm “The Pawnbroker,” partly because he didn’t think Rod Steiger was an “exciting” choice to play the lead role of a New York ...

Like Peter O’Toole’s portrayal of Lawrence a few years before, Rod Steiger’s Sol Nazerman—an East Harlem Holocaust survivor, pawnshop owner, and misanthrope par excellence—is a tour de force ...