Gene D. Phillips, S.J., is author of several works on film and literature, including Beyond the Epic: The Life and Films of David Lean (2006), Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder (2010), and Out of the Shadows: Expanding the Canon of Classic Film Noir (Scarecrow, 2011). He is also coauthor of The Francis Ford Coppola Encyclopedia (Scarecrow, 2010).