The Apartment (1960)

Posted on January 18, 2003 by Bill Wren

Directed by Billy Wilder While Billy Wilder movies are often spoken of in terms of romantic comedies (which many of them are – kind of), the thing that most strikes me about them is the melancholy that informs them. More … Read more →

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Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Posted on December 15, 2002 by Bill Wren

Directed by Billy Wilder We didn’t need dialogue. We had faces! – Nora Desmond – One of the best movies to ever come out of Hollywood is 1950′s Sunset Boulevard, a movie about Hollywood. It’s a kind of anodyne for … Read more →

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Sabrina (1995)

Posted on March 11, 2002 by Bill Wren

Directed by Sydney Pollack At least this Sabrina doesn’t try to pretend it is anything more than a remake of an earlier film (Billy Wilder’s 1954 movie Sabrina). In a way, it even celebrates it. Sydney Pollack’s remake is a … Read more →

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