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Kiss Me, Stupid
Season 2 Episode 1
When a star singer stops for gas in small-town Nevada, two struggling songwriters hatch a plot that is in no way problematic: they hire a local prost…
4 hours ago
The Social Reckoning Review
Episode 78
Sixteen years after winning an Oscar for writing “The Social Network,” Aaron Sorkin follows up by writing AND directing “The Social Reckoning.” He cl…
1 week, 3 days ago
Interview with Paul Diamond, son of Billy Wilder’s writing partner, I. A. L. Diamond
Season 2 Episode 24
Paul Diamond knew Billy Wilder well—his dad was Wilder’s writing partner, I. A. L. Diamond. A novelist, screenwriter, and movie producer himself, Pau…
3 weeks ago
Irma La Douce
Season 2 Episode 23
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 succes…
1 month ago
Wilder Inspires: Jerry Maguire
Episode 77
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…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
It Ends Review
Episode 76
Part existential road trip, part liminal horror nightmare, It Ends captivated audiences during its festival run and is hoping to build on that succes…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
One, Two, Three
Season 2 Episode 22
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 w…
2 months ago
The Samurai and the Prisoner Review
Episode 75
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 Ke…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Apartment
Season 2 Episode 23
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 ef…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Secrets and Lies With Nathan Deming
Episode 74
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 …
2 months, 2 weeks ago