Stalag 17, 1953.Directed by Billy Wilder. Starring William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss, Harvey Lembeck, Peter Graves, Sig Ruman, Richard Erdman, and Gil Stratton.SYNOPSIS:Billy Wilder’s minor classic Stalag 17, which earned three Oscar nominations and one win, arrives again on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber Studio Classics, which commissioned a new restoration of […]
Christoph Waltz set to play Billy Wilder in Wilder & Me
Christoph Waltz is going to classic Hollywood as the actor is set to star in the upcoming biopic Wilder & Me from director Stephen Frears.Deadline reports the two-time Oscar winner will star as legendary director Billy Wilder, the filmmaker responsible for classics like Some Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard, and The Apartment.In addition to Waltz, […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity, 1944.Directed by Billy Wilder. Starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Byron Barr, John Philliber, and Tom Powers.SYNOPSIS:Criterion continues its string of 4K upgrades of classic movies with Billy Wilder’s 1944 film, Double Indemnity. The 4K presentation is sublime, and Criterion threw in a pair of Blu-rays, one […]
Movie Review – The Seven Year Itch (1955)
The Seven Year Itch, 1955.Directed by Billy Wilder. Starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell.SYNOPSIS:Married man, Sherman, has to contend with the gorgeous woman upstairs when his family are away over the summer.That shot. A train whirrs past beneath the vent and wind blows her dress up as she struggles to hold it down. She doesn’t […]
Watch an exclusive clip from the 4K restoration of The Apartment
Ahead of its release on limited edition Blu-ray this coming Monday, we’ve got an exclusive clip from Arrow’s brand new 4K restoration of Billy Wilder’s Oscar-winning classic The Apartment featuring screen legends Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine. Check it out here, or watch it over on our YouTube channel…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaK2d3zsS8AC.C. “Bud” Baxter is a lowly Manhattan […]
