It is astounding that Billy Wiilder should be responsible for not one or two or even three of the greatest Hollywood films ever made. He may well be the director of at least half a dozen masterpieces – that’s more than Orson Welles can muster. I sang the praises of the excellent Stalag 17 while various Wilder films have appeared in numerous lists across the site including Top 10 films to see before going to film school (Sunset Boulevard), Top 25 films to make you happy (Some Like It Hot), Top 10 romantic films men shouldn’t be ashamed to love (Some Like it Hot), Top 10 Best Picture Winners (The Apartment) and Top 10 anti-date films (Sunset Boulevard). In addition, our retrospective on the great Oliver Reed found Some Like It Hot to be his finest film, while Isabella Rossellini told us the film was her favourite of all time. But we mustn’t forget about Double Indemnity, Witness For The Prosecution, Ace In The Hole and The Lost Weekend.

I’m in the mood for some eighties science-fiction this week. When I say eighties science-fiction I don’t mean the horror shows of John Carpenter and James Cameron, I’m talking about the innocent romanticism of space seen in child-centric films such as The Last Starfighter, E.T., and Battle Beyond the Stars. For tonight’s Midnight Double Feature we are going to close the curtains and settle down to a double bill of kids heading into the stars. My choices for tonight are Joe Dante’s Explorers and Randal Kleiser’s Flight of the Navigator.

It’s Midnight Double Feature time once again. The weekend is here so its time to turn down the lights and indulge in two movies back to back. Tonight it is the turn of two b-movies that both have involvement from John Landis.

Two classics from the 1980s for you in Midnight Double Feature #3. Teen angst and bad behaviour go just that little bit further in Michael Lehmann’s “Heathers” and Mark L. Lester’s “Class of 1984”. Both films look at teenager life in a way that would make John Hughes cower behind the sofa. Cynical, dark, unsentimental, at times funny, at other times quite frightening, these two films paint an alternative picture of growing up.

Midnight Double Feature #2 – John Landis’ “An American Werewolf In London” and Joe Dante’s “The Howling”
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“I vote we go back to the Slaughtered Lamb.”
MDF #2 is werewolf night! And what better werewolf movies to enjoy than the Granddaddies of the genre. John Landis gives us horror and humour with cutting edge make-up effects, a classic rock soundtrack making use of as many songs as possible featuring the word ‘moon’, while Joe Dante satirises the media with his wry homage to …

Midnight Double Feature #1 – Martin Scorsese’s “After Hours” and John Landis’ “Into The Night”
The first part of a new series for Top10Films – Midnight Double Feature. Essentially, it is films that go great together. The night has drawn in, the curtains have been closed, the clock is reaching midnight. Settle in for a late night with two movies that just seem right together.
What is a Double Feature? A Double Feature was an old Hollywood theatre practice whereby two films were screened for the price of one. Sometimes, studios would …