Die Hard was voted the best action film of all time with 21 votes in a 2014 poll of 50 directors, actors, critics, and experts conducted by Time Out, New York.
Stuart Jeffries of The Guardian:
John Darwin was heard of last month, heading for Ukraine, aged 71, to fight against the Russians. When asked about his chances of survival, John’s second wife told reporters: “He will have a bullet proof vest and good life insurance, good for me.” Unless, of course, he plans to fake his own death. Again.
Wikipedia:
The Power of the Dog became the first film directed by a woman to receive more than ten Academy Award nominations, and Campion became the first woman to receive more than one Academy Award nomination for Best Director, her first being for The Piano.