Better than AFI’s Top 100: 50-46

The following is part of an overview of the top 100 American narrative fiction feature films, from my perspective. For an introduction to the project and an index of other entries in the series, click here. For a list of more than 800 films which I considered for the top 450 and my eligibility qualifications, click here.… Read More Better than AFI’s Top 100: 50-46

June 9, 2017June 24, 2017 Tim1 Comment

All That Heaven Allows (1955)

Dir. Douglas Sirk. Starring Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead Cary Scott’s (Wyman) garbage children, Ned and Kay (William Reynolds and Gloria Talbott, respectively), are both in their early twenties during the events of the film. In 1955, I don’t think any but the most clairvoyant Americans would have foreseen the events in Vietnam, only the… Read More All That Heaven Allows (1955)

March 21, 2017June 30, 2017 Tim2 Comments

Seeing Things Secondhand

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Better than AFI’s Top 100: 50-46

All That Heaven Allows (1955)