Billy Wilder

Features

Part 1: Pure Classicism

By PopMatters Staff

In its infancy, the cinematic artform went through some formidable technological and stylistic changes. The ten DVDs discussed here highlight the very definition of the Golden Age of filmmaking. [18 June 2007]

Reviews

Sunset Boulevard, Roman Holiday & Sabrina

By Stuart Henderson

Three of the greatest films you’ll ever see have been sumptuously repackaged, here. This is cause for joy. Celebration, even. [30 January 2009]

The Apartment

By Kate Williams

A cautionary tale about business, fidelity and ethics that is skillfully wrapped under the guise of light entertainment. [13 February 2008]

Ace in the Hole

By Bill Gibron

While we like to think that every modern malady is new to our particular generation, a film like this reminds us that many of life's troubles have their foundation in past, not present trends. [21 August 2007]

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

By Marc Acherman

Sunset Boulevard is the best gothic film never made by Alfred Hitchcock. It still resonates as a comment upon our obsession with celebrity and the price that obsession exacts upon our lives and the lives of those we perpetually idolize and, on occasion, have forgotten entirely. [2 October 2006]

Stalag 17: Special Collector’s Edition (1952)

By Michael Buening

This is a Billy Wilder movie, so there's a darker side to the shenanigans, but it's also a post-war Hollywood blockbuster. [5 April 2006]