Season 2

Right in time for the holidays, we discuss one of the best Christmas movies ever made, 'The Shop Around the Corner.' Not only is it a seminal classic,...

Many have called Billy Wilder's work "cynical." Some have even called it "mean." But Wilder, well, he'd say he's just being honest. If that's the case...

After a blistering noir and a searing portrait of alcoholism, Billy Wilder’s next film was . . . a Technicolor musical comedy starring Bing Crosby! Wh...

Just as World War II was ending, Billy Wilder was made a colonel in the United States Army. HIs job? Simple: Root Nazis out of the German film industr...

Billy Wilder, the refugee who arrived in Hollywood unable to speak or write English, is now an A-lister. But will he be able to maintain that status w...

With only his third film as director, Billy Wilder made an all-time classic: “Double Indemnity.” But it wasn’t easy. He had to do it without his writi...

Billy Wilder quickly became one of Hollywood’s hottest screenwriters after teaming with Charles Brackett. But if he wanted to keep directors from chan...

The moment we've all been waiting for is finally here: We're announcing the director we'll be studying, one movie at a time, throughout our second sea...