The Filmographers

With his new writing partner at his side and a parade of hit movies trailing behind him, Billy Wilder was ready to start the next chapter of his career. While he began his latest act by making one of the greatest comedies of all-time, it came at a cost: The cost of doing business with Marilyn Monroe.  Join our Patreon for episodes and content you won’t find anywhere else! Patreon.com/TheFilmograph...

Whether you've been following along with us all season or have only recently joined us, this brief recap will prepare you for our journey into the back half of Wilder's career, which kicks off on June 30 with our episode on Some Like It Hot. Join our Patreon for episodes and content you won’t find anywhere else! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social media Instagram  @thefilmographers Bluesky ...

Michael Sarnoski's The Death of Robin Hood is a dark and grim reevaluation of the Robin Hood mythos. But is it just another gritty take on a beloved character, or does the movie have something deeper on its mind? We discuss this very question, and more, in our review.  Join our Patreon for episodes and content you won’t find anywhere else! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social media Instagram...

Keir and Mike may not be martial artists, but they know a good fight when they see one, and The Furious has *a lot* of great fights. But is that enough to carry a movie? Plus, our five favorite fightin' movies!  Join our Patreon for episodes and content you won’t find anywhere else! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social media Instagram  @thefilmographers Bluesky  @thefilmographers.bsky.social...

Keir and Mike are joined by a very special guest and friend of the show—Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel Kraus!—to dissect Billy Wilder’s 10 Rules for Screenwriting. Which ones are still relevant? Which ones aren’t even rules? Listen and find out! Join our Patreon for episodes and content you won’t find anywhere else! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social media Instagram  @thefilmographer...

Billy Wilder needed a hit, so who could he turn to? A hit-making machine: the one and only Agatha Christie. But change is in the air for Wilder, and his career is about to experience a plot twist that the queen of mystery herself couldn't see coming.  Like what we do here on the Filmographers? Then please consider joining our Patreon! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social media Instagram  @th...

It's a Filmographers first: Mike is flying solo! Keir is away on writer business, but Mike saw two new horror releases that he's dying to discuss: Damian McCarthy's Hokum and Curry Barker's Obsession. Mike breaks down what works about each of these movies and what's a bunch of, well...hokum.  Like what we do here on the Filmographers? Then please consider joining our Patreon! Patreon.com/TheFilmog...

Billy Wilder’s last film was a flop. But he would get two do-overs in 1957—and the first was his Ernst Lubitsch homage, “Love in the Afternoon.” He also met his second great writing partner: I. A. L. Diamond. Like what we do here on the Filmographers? Then please consider joining our Patreon! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social media Instagram  @thefilmographers Bluesky  @thefilmographers.b...

After stringing together three hit movies based on Broadway plays, Billy Wilder pivoted to new territory: a biopic of Charles Lindbergh. On one hand, Lindbergh was an American myth whose life story was ripe for Hollywood treatment. On the other, he was a Nazi sympathizer, and Wilder was a Jew who'd lost family in the Holocaust. The project was fraught with difficulties from the start--and that was...

They're no Billy Wilder, and this isn't a director's commentary, but Keir and Mike provide plenty of insight into what makes "Ace in the Hole" one of the best movies of all-time. Also, forgive their math. They're just writers, after all.  Enjoy this preview of our Patreon exclusive? Then sign up today! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social media Instagram  @thefilmographers Bluesky  @thefilmo...

Steven Soderbergh is back! The Filmographers' OG director has returned to the scene with The Christophers, a movie about art and authenticity starring Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel. Is his latest effort a forgery, or is it the real deal? Like what we do here on the Filmographers? Then please consider joining our Patreon! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social media Instagram  @thefilmographer...

We're nearly at the midway point of our second season, which means it's time to rank our favorite films from the first half of Billy Wilder's career. We also discuss Steven Soderbergh's embracing of AI, and Mike delivers his review of Exit 8.  Like what we do here on the Filmographers? Then please consider joining our Patreon! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social media Instagram  @thefilmogr...

Billy Wilder’s last film was a classy, black-and-white romance that paid homage to his mentor, Ernst Lubitsch. In The Seven Year Itch, Wilder goes widescreen and Technicolor to squeeze out plenty of boob jokes. Like what we do here on the Filmographers? Then please consider joining our Patreon! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social media Instagram  @thefilmographers Bluesky  @thefilmographers...

Hollywood will never tire of remakes, even though few of them manage to capture the spirit of the original. Can the 1995 update of Billy Wilder's classic "Sabrina" buck that trend? It does have an all-star cast and a veteran director behind the camera. Surely this remake won't be like all those other remakes... Enjoy this preview of our Patreon exclusive. If you like what you hear-- Be sure to joi...

Billy Wilder is still playing it safe. Sabrina (1954) has stars (Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, and William Holden) and is based on a popular Broadway play. But is that enough to keep his latest winning streak going? Like what we do here on the Filmographers? Then please consider joining our Patreon! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social media Instagram  @thefilmographers Bluesky  @thefilmo...

In Billy Wilder's "Ace in the Hole," audiences were given a look at what happens when news becomes more focused on sensation than truth, more allegiant to entertainment than dignity. Twenty-five years later, Sidney Lumet took those themes even deeper in "Network," a movie that predicted anger-driven "infotainment" years before it became a thing. In this episode, we connect the dots between these t...

Billy Wilder once made a romance in the ruins of post–World War II Berlin, so it makes sense that he'd also have the nerve to write and direct a full-fledged comedy about POWs in a Nazi prison camp. With his 1953 picture, "Stalag 17," the wacky set-ups just keep on coming. Like what we do here on the Filmographers? Then please consider joining our Patreon! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Socia...

In complete charge of his destiny, Wilder followed the triumph of Sunset Boulevard with Ace in the Hole, perhaps his most personal movie—certainly his darkest. But the movie bombed, giving Billy Wilder his first taste of failure and changing the course of his career. Like what we do here on the Filmographers? Then please consider joining our Patreon! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social medi...

Wilder vs. Mankiewicz! Swanson vs. Davis! Hollywood vs. New York! It's a ten-round, heavyweight bout between two classic films--two classics that explored similar terrain, were released within 10 weeks of each other, and duked it out at the 1950 Oscars. And now, 76 years later, we're putting them into the ring again. Enjoy this preview of our Patreon exclusive? Then join our Patreon today!  Then j...

Billy Wilder is depressed. He’s breaking up with his writing partner, Charles Brackett, and an encounter with a ghost from Hollywood’s past has left him shaken. What can he do? Make a movie, of course—an enduring classic about the way Hollywood eats its own. Like what we do here on the Filmographers? Then please consider joining our Patreon! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social media Instagr...

We loved "28 Days Later", and we loved "28 Years Later" even more. Does the latest installment continue this upward trajectory? (We're ignoring "28 Weeks Later" for the moment.) Listen to find out! Also, we tackle what might be our toughest Filmographers Five yet: Top Five Horror Franchises... Like what we do here on the Filmographers? Then join our Patreon! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Soc...

2025 might not have been the best year for the movie industry, but it was a very good year for movies themselves, and Keir and Mike watched a lot of them. Here, they look back on the year that was and count down their top 10 favorite movies from 2025.  Like what we do here on the Filmographers? Then please consider joining our Patreon! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social media Instagram  @t...

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, but it's also directed by Billy Wilder's mentor, Ernst Lubitsch. We also discuss one of its remakes, 1998's 'You've Got Mail.' Enjoy this preview of our Patreon exclusive. And we've said it before, but once again: We're upping our Patreon in a major...

In the wake of Rob Reiner's tragic passing, we discuss his wonderful career and the movies that have impacted us. We also look at Rian Johnson's latest entry in his Knives Out series, "Wake Up Dead Man." Like what we do here on the Filmographers? Then please consider joining our Patreon! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social media Instagram  @thefilmographers Bluesky  @thefilmographers.bsky.s...

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, "A Foreign Affair" may just be his most honest film to date. It's also, in his own words, one of his most personal.  Like what we do here on the Filmographers? Then please consider joining our Patreon! Patreon.com/TheFilmographersPodcast Social med...