Category: Billy Wilder

Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Witness for the Prosecution’: Director Billy Wilder’s Brilliant Legal Caper

1957 | Approved | 1h 56m | Crime, Drama, Mystery Blame it on Perry Mason. No, not the character nor the actor who played him, but on the TV series of the same name. Episodes were broadcast ad nauseam while I was growing up. It somewhat spoiled the entire legal drama/thriller genre for me, for…


Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘The Front Page’

1973 | PG | 1h 45m | Comedy, Drama, Romance Unique collaborations between actors can sometimes yield bountiful results when things go right and the pairing seems natural. A fine example of this is the coupling of Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as the wise-cracking LAPD cops of the Lethal Weapon franchise. A more classic…


The Morality of Director Billy Wilder’s 1960’s ‘The Apartment’ 

Today, not just in regard to the Supreme Court, Americans seem sharply divided about morality. Is it an absolute standard we measure our actions and policies against? Or is it a menu from which we select arguments to achieve the outcomes we desire? Should we always follow our conscience, or is it alright sometimes to…