The character: Mame Dennis The actor: Rosalind Russell The movie: Auntie Mame (1958) Mame has the depth of a teaspoon, and it is in shallowness that her greatness lies. Auntie Mame has one of the most essential and insane sets of any film this side of The Ladies’ Man, and it’s because of Mame that… Read More Better than AFI’s Heroes and Villains: Hero #48
To see my running list of the hundred greatest movie stars in American film history, click here All stars are listed with a single film which is particularly important, though not exclusively so, to understanding what makes them vital to American movies. 90) Kate Winslet / Key film – Titanic A somewhat difficult actress to… Read More Better than AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars: 86-90
You can read up on the basis for this series here, and also find links to other posts in the series. Movies I’ve reviewed on this site have a link in the title which you can follow to read my full review. 5) Before Sunrise (1995), directed by Richard Linklater If Sabrina is a… Read More 100 Exceptional American Movies in 10 Genres: Lovers, 5-1
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