William Wyler

Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘The Best Years of Our Lives’: Unseen Battles, Uncelebrated Victories

PG | 2h 50min | Drama | 1946 The Veterans Administration (VA) estimated that, in the late 1940s, about one-tenth of America’s population and a fifth of its workforce were ...

October 13, 2022BY Rudolph Lambert Fernandez
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Friendly Persuasion’: Dealing With Violence, Not Just the Idea of It

G | 2h 17min | Drama | 1956 Gary Cooper’s “High Noon” (1952) merely touched on themes of ...

September 22, 2022BY Rudolph Lambert Fernandez
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Ben-Hur’: William Wyler Whips Up a Spectacle

G | 3h 32min | Drama, Epic | 1959 Imagine you’re a 23-year-old Jewish assistant director and production ...

September 20, 2022BY Rudolph Lambert Fernandez
Film Review: ‘The Cold Blue’

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was one tough bird: It could land on airfields despite being heavily damaged—if ...

May 29, 2019BY Ian Kane