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National Top Tens

Greatest American Directors

As Oscar time approaches again, I am reminded of movies past and the directors responsible for our greatest films. It is about time that I list the...
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Greatest Film Couples

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, so it is appropriate that we celebrate cinema’s greatest couples.Katharine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy...
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Top Ten Films of the Decade

The first decade of the twenty-first century is drawing to a close and it’s time to pick the best films of the decade. The unprecidented Lord...
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Top Ten Christmas Animated Features

The Polar Express 2005. Tom Hanks stars as a conductor on a train to the North Pole. Roger Ebert describes the film as a “movie in the...
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Top Ten Christmas Movies

We seem to havehundreds, maybe thousands, of Christmas movies; it seems that filmmakers prefer the holiday season to just about every other time of...
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Top Ten Movies About Art

Visual artists have always been a popular subject for Hollywood; their unconventional lives can make for interesting cinema. And after all, M-G-M...
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Top Ten Masters of the Macabre

The horror film genre has featured many wonderful actors. To celebrate Halloween I am listing those stars who have made the most frightful...
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The Ten Greatest Male Film Icons

The esteemed film critic Pauline Kael said of Cary Grant “One does not necessarily admire an icon…but it can be a wonderful object of...
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The Ten Greatest Female Screen Legends

Greta Garbo by Edward Steichen 1928My top tens always seem to create a great deal of controversy; and I know I will be in for some trouble with...
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Top Ten Movie Musicals

On Wednesday August 26, at 8:00 Eastern Time Turner Classic Movies, TCM will present the enchanting Rogers and Hammerstein musical The King and I ,...
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