THEME EXPLORATION

ambition and journalism

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Celebrity
Celebrity
1998 · Woody Allen
Fidelity
Fidelity
2000 · Andrzej Żuławski
Mousitsa
Mousitsa
1959 · Yannis Dalianidis
The Front Page
The Front Page
1974 · Billy Wilder
The Hoax
The Hoax
2006 · Lasse Hallström
Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
Ave Maria
Ave Maria
1936 · Max Ophuls
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
Film Lesson
Film Lesson
1991 · Werner Herzog
Cold War
Cold War
2018 · Paweł Pawlikowski
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
2025 · Guillermo del Toro
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Billy Wilder Austria-USA

His masterpiece 'The Front Page' and 'Ace in the Hole' dissect the ruthless ambition of journalists and the moral compromises inherent in chasing stories.

 George Cukor USA

His film 'The Woman of the Year' explores the tension between journalistic ambition and personal relationships through the eyes of competing reporters.