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By Nick Davis (360) for Nick's Flick Picks (358) on 16 Aug 2003

A virtually unimpeachable fugue for all manner of Hollywood deaths, those of people, minds, careers, dreams, and baboons…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 02 Apr 2003

Sunset Blvd. represents the center stone in Billy Wilder's glittering cinematic tiara…

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By Jon Niccum (520) for Lawrence Journal-World (273) on 07 Feb 2003

The ultimate depiction of Hollywood burnout…

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By Christopher Null (908) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 23 Nov 2002

A demented circus of obsession, greed, and Hollywood…

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By Jeffrey Chen (849) for Window to the Movies (638) on 11 Jul 2002

The best thing about watching old movies is discovering the ones that feel so modern that, with a few touches here and there, barely altering…

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By John A. Nesbit (472) for Old School Reviews (429) on 25 Dec 2001

Wilder certainly gives an intimate portrait of Hollywood with all its warts and imperfections…

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By Scott Von Doviak (217) for culturevulture.net (793) on 09 Sep 2001

Even as the movie industry grows more and more appalling, Sunset Boulevard just gets better and better…

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By Thomas M. Pryor (6) for New York Times (5,786) on 01 Jan 2000

While all the acting is memorable, one always thinks first and mostly of Miss Swanson, of her manifestation of consuming pride, her forlorn…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

Sunset Boulevard remains the best drama ever made about the movies because it sees through the illusions, even if Norma doesn't…

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By Tim Dirks (207) for Tim Dirks' The Greatest Films (207) on 01 Jan 2000

Sunset Boulevard (1950) is a classic black comedy/drama, and perhaps the most acclaimed, but darkest film-noir story about behind the scenes…

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By Matt Easterbrook (153) for Matt's Movie Reviews (913) on 01 Jan 2000

While it's not an absolute masterpiece, it has definitely withstood the test of time much more than 96% of its contemporaries, and has some…

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By Marc Lee (41) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 16 May 1993

Sunset Boulevard, one of the greatest movies about the movies, may be a fiction, but rarely is fiction shot through so glitteringly with real life…

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By Adrian Hennigan (17) for BBC (137) on 19 Nov 1991

The finest movie ever made about the narcissistic hellhole that is Hollywood…

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 07 May 1986

Although Billy Wilder's 1950 Hollywood noir Sunset Boulevard gets less attention as a travelogue, it's both an examination of the dark psychological…

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By Colin Kennedy (49) for Empire (3,446) on 15 Jul 1971

Subtle, savage and insightful but with such a big heart it is as moving as it is informative about the value of making art that moves…

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By Oliver Lyttelton (141) for The Playlist (3,871) on 06 May 1964

The icicle-sharp, endlessly quotable script is one of the greatest ever written, and the film remains relentlessly entertaining…

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By Donald Kirkley (1) for Baltimore Sun (1,823) on 24 Jan 1958

There's a long tradition of filmmakers poking fun at the movie business…

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By Don Druker (117) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 13 Sep 1951

A tour de force for Swanson and one of Wilder’s better efforts…

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