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Couple in 1940s style clothing, woman with wavy blonde hair, man in shirt and tie, standing close together indoors.
In Praise Of

Double Indemnity and the banality of evil

by Darren Richman

The shad­ow of the Holo­caust and the film­mak­er’s per­son­al expe­ri­ence with it looms large across Bil­ly Wilder’s most influ­en­tial and endur­ing work.
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Interviews

Anthony Marra: ‘For every Billy Wilder there is someone like Bertolt Brecht’

by Ben Nicholson

In his first nov­el since being named one of Granta’s Best Young Amer­i­can Nov­el­ists in 2017, Antho­ny Mar­ra turns his atten­tion to old Hollywood.
Two men in a car holding a 'PRESS' sign, black and white image.
In Praise Of

How Ace in the Hole foreshadowed the post-truth era

by Thomas Hobbs

Bil­ly Wilder’s 1951 noir has obvi­ous par­al­lels with our cur­rent age of fake news and alter­na­tive facts.
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In Praise Of

Why Sunset Boulevard remains a glorious Gothic horror

by Sam Moore

Bil­ly Wilder’s clas­sic Hol­ly­wood satire from 1950 is also a great post-mod­ern ghost story.
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In Praise Of

Why I love Audrey Hepburn’s performance in Sabrina

by Lauren Pinnington

Her play­ful, emo­tion­al­ly nuanced turn is the beat­ing heart of Bil­ly Wilder’s clas­sic roman­tic comedy.
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In Praise Of

Why The Apartment is my favourite Christmas movie

by Darren Richman

Bil­ly Wilder’s clas­sic 1960 com­e­dy is the per­fect film to get you in the fes­tive spirit.