Tag Archives: Billy Wilder

A Modern Deluge of Jewish Movie Stars

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Ted Salins

Back in the day, the glorious days of Hollywood, especially the 1930s and 1940s, Jewish characters were kept at a minimum and stereotyped as immigrants. Hollywood was the greatest Protestant plastic art form – ironically – built and created by Jews … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays, Film | Tagged Adam Brody, Adrien Brody, Al Jolson, Alicia Silverstone, Alysan Hannigan, Amanda Peet, Andrew Garfield, Anton Yelchin, Bea Arthur, Ben Foster, Ben Stiller, Billy Wilder, Captain Kirk, Carl Laemmle, Charlotte Gainsborough, Claire Bloom, Claire Danes, Daniel Day-Lewis, Daniel Radcliffe, Danny Kaye, Dustin Hoffman, Edgar Ulmer, Elizabeth Berekley, Emmy Rossum, Eva Green, Evan Rachel Wood, F.W. Murnau, Fritz Lang, Ginnifer Goodwin, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Harry Cohn, Hedy Lamarr, Helena Bonham Carter, Hollywood, Irving Thalberg, Jack Black, Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Caan, James Franco, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Jason Segel, Jennifer Connelly, Jerry Lewis, Jesse Eisenberg, Jewish, Jews, John Garfield, Jonah Hill, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Joseph Von Sternberg, Josephus Flavius, Justin Bartha, Kandindski, Karel Capek, Karl Freund, Kate Hudson, Larry David, Laurence Harvey, Leslie Howard, Louis Mayer, Matt Stone, Matthew Broderick, Maya Rudolf, Mel Blanc, Melanie Laurent, Mila Kundis, Natalie Portman, Neal Gabler, Otto Preminger, Paulette Godard, Peter Falk, Peter Lorre, Peter Sellers, Rachel Bilson, Rachel Weisz, River and Joaquin Phoenix, Romola Garai, Sam Goldwyn, Sarah Bernhardt, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarah Silverman, Sasha Baron Cohan, Scarlett Johansson, Selma Blair, Seth Green, Seth Rogan, Shia LeBoeuf, Sholem Aleichem, Silvia Sydney, Sophie Okonado, Spock, the Arquettes, The Jazz Singer, The Marx Brothers, Theda Bara, Tony Curtis, Walter Matthau, Warner Brothers, William Fox, Woody Allen, Wynona Ryder, Zach Braff | 13 Comments

New Column: Shades Of Grey

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Ward Howarth

Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray in Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity (1944). You could call me a film noir junkie, but you’d be wrong. Sure, I’ve seen a few, and read a bit about what makes them work, but the simple … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, film studies, Reviews | Tagged 1940s, 1950s, Barbara Stanwyck, Billy Wilder, David Lynch, film noir, Fred MacMurray, Paul Schrader | 5 Comments

Five Film Favorites: Courtroom Trials

Posted on September 16, 2010 by F.T. Rea

Although most legal problems are solved in routine ways that wouldn’t serve as fodder for an interesting movie plot, well-made suspenseful dramas set in the courtroom make for some of the best feature films. The credits usually play out over … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists | Tagged 12 Angry Men, Anatomy of a Murder, Ben Gazzara, Billy Wilder, Breaker Morant, Brock Peters, Caine Mutiny, Five Film Favorites, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, Inherit the Wind, Jack Klugman, James Stewart, Lee J. Cobb, Lee Remick, M, Marlene Dietrich, Otto Preminger, Ox Bow Incident, Paths of Glory, Robert Duvall, Robert Mulligan, Sidney Lumet, Spencer Tracy, Stanley Kramer, To Kill Mockingbird, Tyrone Power, Witness for the Prosecution | 3 Comments

Five Film Favorites: Movies About Making Movies

Posted on August 19, 2010 by F.T. Rea

Like many other film buffs I enjoy making lists of movies. In my cinema managing days (Biograph Theatre 1972-83) we used to kill a lot of time between shows putting together such lists and comparing them. We learned then to … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists | Tagged Anouk Aimée, Billy Wilder, Claudia Cardinale, Donald Sutherland, Erich von Stroheim, Federico Fellini, film lists, Five Film Favorites, François Truffaut, Fred Ward, Gloria Swanson, Greta Scacchi, Jacqueline Bisset, John Schlesinger, Karen Black, Marcello Mastroianni, Robert Altman, Tim Robbins, Valentina Cortese, William Atherton, William Holden | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Billy Wilder

A Modern Deluge of Jewish Movie Stars

New Column: Shades Of Grey

Five Film Favorites: Courtroom Trials

Five Film Favorites: Movies About Making Movies

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