“And the truth shall set you free.” This is one of the core themes of the movies, the belief that the restoration of order can only occur once truth confronts power.  While Hollywood has proselytized this notion throughout its history, it was probably never more necessary to it than it was in the decade following...

Billy Wilder created several classic films leading up to his twin masterpieces, Some Like It Hot and The Apartment. Most studies of his work stop there, referring to his post-1960 output as his slide down from the mountaintop.  Admittedly, few if any movies could stand comparison to those two, or, for that matter, to his earlier Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard and Ace...