Presumably to cleanse the palate before a raft of films from around
the world arrives, SIFF Cinema is spending the week screening old
greats—including, tonight, The Apartment, Billy
Wilder’s 1960 masterpiece about an insurance company employee
constantly having to vacate his New York City apartment so high-class
executives can use it to carry on affairs with misty-eyed
beauties. It’s in black and white and the textures are
gorgeous—everything (even Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine) looks
to be made of marzipan, pewter, light boxes, and chalk. (SIFF
Cinema, 321 Mercer St, 633-7151. 7:30 pm, $10.)

Christopher Frizzelle was The Stranger's print editor, and first joined the staff in 2003. He was the editor-in-chief from 2007 to 2016, and edited the story by Eli Sanders that won a 2012 Pulitzer...