The Filmographers

Irma La Douce

Billy Wilder’s last film, a savage satire of capitalism, was a flop. With Irma la Douce, he returned to the subject that gave him his greatest successes—sex!—by making a

Wilder Inspires: Jerry Maguire

It's no secret that Billy Wilder was an important inspiration in Cameron Crowe's life and work. Crowe did, after all, write a book on Wilder. But how much of Wilder shows

It Ends Review

Part existential road trip, part liminal horror nightmare, It Ends captivated audiences during its festival run and is hoping to build on that success with a theatrical r

One, Two, Three

It's 1961, and Hollywood is changing. Foreign films are wooing critics and audiences alike, and a new wave of filmmakers is starting to emerge. But while movies are takin

The Samurai and the Prisoner Review

Kiyoshi Kurosawa's The Samurai and the Prisoner is an equally epic and intimate story of war, nobility, and murder in 16th-century Japan. Mike and Kevin explore its many

The Apartment

By 1960, nearly twenty years into his career as a writer/director, Billy Wilder had made one unforgettable film after another. And yet, his latest effort might just be hi

Secrets and Lies With Nathan Deming

Nathan Deming is one of our favorite up-and-coming filmmakers. We previously discussed his film February, and now he's back with a new movie, Winter Hymns, an epic and wo

The Odyssey of Christopher Nolan

A movie as big as The Odyssey cannot be contained to just one episode. Since we've already reviewed Christopher Nolan's masterful epic, we're going to look at how The Ody

The Odyssey Review

Christopher Nolan is back, and he's going epic with an adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey. Does is reach the heights of his Academy Award-winning masterpiece Oppenheimer?

Troma, Lloyd Kaufman, and Billy Wilder

As the co-founder of Troma Entertainment, Lloyd Kaufman has blazed a singular trail through cinema for over 50 years. He's behind all-time classics such as The Toxic Aven

Some Like It Hot

With his new writing partner at his side and a parade of hit movies trailing behind him, Billy Wilder was ready to start the next chapter of his career. While he began hi

The Billy Wilder Story So Far

Whether you've been following along with us all season or have only recently joined us, this brief recap will prepare you for our journey into the back half of Wilder's c

The Death of Robin Hood Review

Michael Sarnoski's The Death of Robin Hood is a dark and grim reevaluation of the Robin Hood mythos. But is it just another gritty take on a beloved character, or does th

The Furious Review

Keir and Mike may not be martial artists, but they know a good fight when they see one, and The Furious has *a lot* of great fights. But is that enough to carry a movie?

Billy Wilder's 10 Rules of Screenwriting—with Pulitzer winner Daniel Kraus

Keir and Mike are joined by a very special guest and friend of the show—Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel Kraus!—to dissect Billy Wilder’s 10 Rules for Screenwriting.

Witness for the Prosecution

Billy Wilder needed a hit, so who could he turn to? A hit-making machine: the one and only Agatha Christie. But change is in the air for Wilder, and his career is about t

Obsession + Hokum

It's a Filmographers first: Mike is flying solo! Keir is away on writer business, but Mike saw two new horror releases that he's dying to discuss: Damian McCarthy's Hokum

Love in the Afternoon

Billy Wilder’s last film was a flop. But he would get two do-overs in 1957—and the first was his Ernst Lubitsch homage, “Love in the Afternoon.” He also met his second gr

The Spirit of St. Louis

After stringing together three hit movies based on Broadway plays, Billy Wilder pivoted to new territory: a biopic of Charles Lindbergh. On one hand, Lindbergh was an Ame

Ace in the Hole Commentary Track

They're no Billy Wilder, and this isn't a director's commentary, but Keir and Mike provide plenty of insight into what makes "Ace in the Hole" one of the best movies of a