SATURDAY, JULY 19 11:30 AM; MONDAY, JULY 21 7 PM; THURSDAY, JULY 24 9PM. “One of Wilder's finest, and certainly the blackest of all Hollywood's scab-scratching accounts of itself, this establishes its relentless acidity in the opening scene by having the story related by a corpse floating face-down in a Hollywood swimming-pool. What follows in flashback is a tale of humiliation, exploitation, and dashed dreams, as a feckless, bankrupt screenwriter (William Holden) pulls into a crumbling mansion in search of refuge from his creditors, and becomes inextricably entangled in the possessive web woven by a faded star of the silents (Gloria Swanson), who is high on hopes of a comeback and heading for outright insanity.” (Time Out London) 1950 Dir. Billy Wilder. DCP 1.33:1 B&W 110 min.