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 […]
Blu-ray Review – Stalag 17 (1953)
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 […]
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 […]
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=UaK2d3zsS8A C.C. “Bud” Baxter is a […]
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 […]
