For Your Consideration: Movie of the Month

Don't believe in "isms".

Anybody familiar with the work of director Billy Wilder knows right off the cuff that he was a man who understood that nothing, despite of his occasional dramatic proclivities, can be taken too seriously. Not even a war.

You know, that cold one.

And if there was ever a man who could see the bright side of a German POW camp or the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, it was him. Take for instance this month's highlight: the 1961 motor-mouthed comedy of communists, commercialism and Coca-Cola, “One, Two, Three". 

Review: "Knife in the Water" - 5/13/10

"Come on Bishop, do the thing with the knife!"

You know what? Roman Polanski has had his fair share of a life. I think we can all agree with that. But I guess even great directors can’t really escape their personal lives. Especially when one’s extracurricular activities involves underage girls, Quualude and sodomy, am I right? All pedophilia jokes aside, this guy has quite a story though, as a Holocaust survivor and having had his pregnant wife butchered by the Manson family. In light of such darkness, can’t we just give the guy a pass this one time? I hope you don't take that sentiment as any kind of Freudian slip, hmmm?