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In today’s TV News Roundup, Peacock released the trailer for “Psych 2: Lassie Come Home,” and HBO announced the premiere date for its upcoming documentary “Showbiz Kids.” DATES HBO has announced its upcoming documentary “Showbiz Kids” will premiere on July 14 at 9 p.m. Directed by former child actor Alex Winter, the film chronicles the […]… Continue reading TV News Roundup: Peacock Unveils ‘Psych 2: Lassie Come Home’ Trailer (Watch) — Variety

Steve Bing, a producer, philanthropist and screenwriter, has died by suicide in Los Angeles. He was 55.Police and the coroner’s office said a man fitting his age jumped from a Century City apartment building on Monday. The coroner’s office confirmed Bing’s identity on Tuesday. Sources told TMZ he had been suffering from depression.Bing, who inherited a…… Continue reading Steve Bing, Producer and ‘Kangaroo Jack’ Writer, Dies by Suicide at 55 — Neev Media News

In a year of strong Best Picture contenders, there’s generally that one film (or occasionally several) that likely would have won, if it hadn’t been for an unstoppable front-runner. Think sublime films like L.A. Confidential, Lost in Translation, and There Will Be Blood, which had no hope against eventual winners Titanic, The Lord of the […]… Continue reading 1957 in Film: Witness for the Prosecution — Filmotomy

The Seven Year Itch US (1955) Dir. Billy Wilder Yes, the one with THAT scene of Marilyn Monroe in the white dress standing over the air vent. It’s an iconic moment that has spawned a million imitators (Monroe herself even recreated it sans underwear for a photo shoot a couple of years later) but what […]… Continue reading The Seven Year Itch —

Great films that have failed to find an audience have been around since the silent era, so it is no surprise, that in the fifties, the same event took place many times, including this powerful, deeply, cynical noir which failed at the box office despite powerhouse performances and a dark troubling story. That is was […]… Continue reading Revisiting The Classics : Billy Wilder’s ‘Ace In The Hole’ (1951) — The Cinemawala

One of Billy Wilder’s greatest films, and a textbook example of how to do a noir so right… and so good. via Double Indemnity (1944) — Eternality Tan

A late career triumph by Billy Wilder that works effectively as a spiritual sequel to his legendary ‘Sunset Boulevard’, as he looked back at the glamour of Hollywood with sad ‘European’ eyes. via Fedora (1978) — Eternality Tan

1950. Gloria Swanson, Billy Wilder and Cecil B. DeMille on the set of Sunset Boulevard via 1950. Gloria Swanson, Billy Wilder and Cecil B. DeMille on the set of Sunset Boulevard – l169 — LUKOMORYE.info

Some films age like fine wine. With each year, they only get better and better. Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot is one of these movies that belong to a prestigious club of “classics” that never go out of style. It first dazzled audiences over 60 years ago, and today, moviegoers are still as enthralled […]… Continue reading Spine #950: “Some Like It Hot” (1959, Billy Wilder) — The Film Retrospective

The writer-director’s humane and often surprisingly dark romantic comedy shows him at his finest with two charming leads in Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine via ‘The Apartment’ at 60: is this Billy Wilder’s finest film? — Friggin’ Doo-A!