The Safdie brothers stuffed the scene with nods to Jewish culture, including reciting the 10 plagues, reading the Haggadah and searching for the afikomen, ...

In an Entertainment Weekly interview Adam Sandler and the Safdie brothers revealed that Sandler was actually choked during the violent kidnapping scene. "Adam couldn't breathe," said Josh Safdie.

Granted, the film was shot in just under 31 days, that was more than enough time for Sandler to get banged up during takes, and in one particular scene, almost literally get the life choked out of ...

The Safdie brothers had only directed two features at that point in their career and were still five years out from releasing their breakout film, 2017's Good Time.

Perhaps the Safdie brothers' brief but impressive reign over indie cinema is over, though the films they’ve made endure, all proving uniquely intense, gritty, uncomfortably real, and undoubtedly ...

The Safdie brothers spent a decade trying to make “Uncut Gems,” driven by their abiding affection for Howard, ... Josh Safdie filmed scenes of his brother, still in silver paint, ...

He was a homeless heroin dealer when the Safdie brothers put him in their movies, and the critics raved. But the recklessness that gave his acting authenticity thwarted his career.