Sunset Boulevard

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The Top 100 Project enters the ‘50s with one of the most-celebrated films of the decade, Sunset Boulevard! Join us as we discuss Norma’s insanity, Joe’s selfishness, and Billy Wilder’s oh-so-cynical take on a Hollywood has-been and a never-was. Tune in!

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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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