Author Brian Wilson

Ball of Fire is not Howard Hawks’ best comedy. Compared with the director’s greatest achievements within the genre, Twentieth Century (1934), Bringing Up Baby (1938), His Girl Friday (1940), and Monkey Business...

Akira Kurosawa’s fifth feature film, and his first following the end of World War II, Waga seishun ni kuinashi (No Regrets for Our Youth) is amongst the most fascinating of the director’s early works. Based upo...

The Dawn Patrol (1930 USA 95 mins) Prod Co: First National Pictures/Warner Bros. Prod: Robert North Dir: Howard Hawks Scr: Howard Hawks, Dan Totheroth, Seton I. Miller, from the story “The Flight Command...

Greetings (1968 USA 88 mins) Prod Co: West End Films Prod: Charles Hirsch Dir, Ed: Brian De Palma Scr: Brian De Palma, Charles Hirsch Phot: Robert Fiore Mus: Eric Kaz, J. Stephen Soles, Artie Traum Ca...

By the time The Palm Beach Story was released in 1942, Preston Sturges had already enjoyed a series of artistic and commercial successes as both screenwriter and director. Despite his association with the Holly...

b. February 4, 1940, New York, New York, USA d. July 16, 2017, Toronto, Canada Filmography Select Bibliography Web Resources Though typically associated with certain low-budget products of the horr...