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Billy Wilder’s legendary career yielded an enduring cinematic output, with his directorial genius behind such works as Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, and The Apartment. Here, Jordan (Robert Wise: The Motion Pictures) studies thirty of Wilder’s works, from early collaborations, through numerous memorable popular hits (Some Like It Hot, The Seven Year Itch, Witness for the Prosecution), and on to his final film Buddy Buddy. He delves deeply into each, offering comprehensive plot summaries and contextual background as well as analyses of Wilder’s signature style, directorial techniques, and unique treatment of characters and scenes. Skillfully interspersing biographical details throughout, Jordan builds...

NEON NIGHTMARES Q+A WITH AUTHOR BRAD SYKES1. Your latest endeavor is a new book entitled NEON NIGHTMARES: L.A. THRILLERS OF THE 1980s. What can you tell us about the inspiration behind it?Brad Sykes: In 2017, around the time I was finishing up writing my first book, TERROR IN THE DESERT: DARK CINEMA OF THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST, I started watching a lot of urban thrillers made in the 1980s– many of which were set in Los Angeles - as kind of a counterbalance to all the rural desert films I’d been devouring. I was having a lot of fun watching these...

  An absorbing look at one of the wildest rumorsto ever come out of the entertainment world- the “Paul is Dead” legend.  https://www.beatlesbookstore.com/paul-is-dead-2/

  "GILMORE GIRLS COMPANION"  an "I Am All In"podcast with Scott Patterson https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/youve-been-gilmored-aaron-berman/id1563792491?i=1000631054926

  HORROR DNA Book Review: Cannon Film Guide (Volume II)1985 to 1987https://www.horrordna.com/books/the-cannon-film-guide-volume-ii-1985-1987-austin-trunick-book-review