There’s nothing harder to watch than an unfunny comedy, and for me personally, a bad farce is the worst kind. Although it’s not a detestable
“Love in the Afternoon” (1957) is one of the most infamous May-December romance films, largely due to the cover art. Gary Cooper is actually two
The more movies I watch, the more rules of thumb emerge. One is that comedies are best at 90 minutes. Another, as I realized while
“Double Indemnity” (1944), one of the most well-respected and influential film noirs, is a near-masterwork of plotting regardless of genre. It can be enjoyed as
My biggest surprise after completing Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Sherlock Holmes” literary canon is that he lays the groundwork for bigger stories more so than writing
“Avanti!” (1972) is a Billy Wilder film that misfires on one cylinder. It gets you to your destination, but it’s not the smoothest ride. I
Billy Wilder usually tickles my funnybone, but “The Seven Year Itch” (1955) – for all its creative presentation and fame for Marlyn Monroe’s dress being
“Ball of Fire” (1941) combines the “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” fairy tale with noir with slapstick, and it’s worthy of a smile for
Billy Wilder returns to the winning ingredients of Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, false identities and envelope-pushing sex-based comedy for “Irma la Douce” (1963). Laugh-out-loud funny
At one point in “Sabrina” (1954), Linus Larrabee (Humphrey Bogart) asks Sabrina Fairchild (Audrey Hepburn) to sing her song in French for him again, slower.