SHREWSBURY FILM

Film Notes: The Apartment

DirectorBilly Wilder
CountryUSA
Year1960

In an effort to reduce our paper usage, we stopped offering printed copies of our popular Film Notes at our screenings.

Instead, we are encouraging our members to read the Film Notes online. For those who wish to do so, it is still possible to print these pages prior to the film.

Alternatively, if you want to read the notes just before or just after the film, and also minimise your paper consumption, then you can scan the QR code to your phone and then download the webpage.

Our Next Film

Friday 19 December 2025

The Apartment

PG | USA | 1960 | English | 125 mins

Director: Billy Wilder
In 1960s New York, an insurance clerk lends his apartment to company execs for their affairs—until love and ethics collide. Billy Wilder’s sharp romantic comedy blends satire and heart in a story of loneliness, compromise, and quiet heroism in the corporate world.
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A masterfully balanced romantic comedy noir. - Sight & Sound (BFI)
A perfect blend of cynicism and sentiment. - Empire
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