The Apartment (1960)
An ambitious insurance clerk lends his apartment to executives for their affairs, until he falls for the boss’s mistress at Christmas.
Jack Lemmon
This page collects the films featuring Jack Lemmon reviewed at Master of Worlds: “Some Like It Hot (1959)”, “The Apartment (1960)”, and “The China Syndrome (1979)”. Each review examines the performance and the role it plays in the film’s larger design, approaching the work as storytelling first. The collection grows as further titles are added.
The China Syndrome (1979)
James Bridges’ 1979 nuclear plant near-meltdown. Lemmon, Fonda, Douglas. Released twelve days before Three Mile Island. Predictive.
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Wilder’s 1959 cross-dressing comedy. Lemmon and Curtis on the run, Monroe in her last great performance. Nobody’s perfect.