Critics debate whether "Double Indemnity" was the first true film noir, but the real question may be what took so long for Billy Wilder's 1944 pic to finally get the deluxe DVD treatment. Wilder’s ...

Thanks to the miracle of DVR, my wife Rae and I spent the other night watching “Double Indemnity,” a film we hadn’t seen in years. Directed by Billy Wilder, with a script by Wilder and Raymond ...

Even with the light on, his face stays eaten by shadows at first. Fumbling for a cigarette, he turns on a voice recorder to confess. “Yes, I killed him. For money. And for a woman. I didn’t get the ...

Though film scholars enjoy tossing around the term “film noir” to describe any number of dark and dangerous black-and-white movies from the early 1930s (in Europe) to the late 1950s (in Hollywood), it ...

On April 24, 1944, Billy Wilder's thriller, eventually nominated for seven Oscars at the 17th Academy Awards ceremony, was reviewed in THR. By THR Staff On April 24, 1944, Billy Wilder’s thriller ...

Zach Laws is a longtime entertainment journalist and movie features writer. He is also an independent filmmaker and member of the Screen Actors Guild based out of Los Angeles. Zach grew up watching ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A disillusioned anti-hero with questionable ethics meets a dame with gorgeous gams that can’t be ...