Introducing the Top 100 Project

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An introduction to The Top 100 Project podcast, where we explain our noble mission to watch each of the movies named in the AFI’s 1998 & 2007 lists of the best American movies of all time. What were their criteria? What are the lists' strengths? Shortcomings? Scandalous omissions? Check it out!

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Aug 1, 2013

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Ryan and Bev Ellis are partners in film nerdery who share their often humorous musings on the AFI's 1998 & 2007 lists of the greatest 100 American films ever made. But we finished with that in December 2015, so now we just review anything we feel like!

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Introducing the Top 100 Project

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