THE APARTMENT at the Paramount

What could be better than seeing this brilliant Billy Wilder film in an old landmark theater with Abe when it's 105 degrees?  This black and white film with Shirley MacLaine, Jack Lemmon and a very creepy Fred MacMurray is a reminder of films that just grabbed us, told stories of  common men and women, and were set in a time where the office Christmas party was the one opportune time to get crazy and get sexy.  Billy Wilder is not afraid to show corporate men as jerks, the endless supply of women at their beck and call, a nebbish loner who's not creepy and cute in his own way, great quintessential Jewish next door neighbors, and the world like it was in the late 50's and early sixties.  This is a terrific film and deserved all of it's Academy Awards.  Every film student should be required to see this film.  It's a classic.