Superstar Marilyn Monroe passed away in 1962, but her legacy lives on in the form of several classic movies that still hold up today. The actor and model appeared in plenty of great films across her lifetime, including several that have only grown in public estimation since their release. Among the best: crowd pleasers like "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," "The Seven Year Itch," and "How To Marry A Millionaire," plus stone-cold classics "Some Like It Hot" and "All About Eve."
Surprisingly, though, Monroe's most popular and obviously beloved movies aren't actually her most acclaimed –- at least according to one major metric. Only one of the films she appeared in during her too-short lifetime has a perfect critical score on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, and it's not any of the titles listed above. Instead, that coveted 100% score goes to "Don't Bother To Knock," a comparatively underseen thriller Monroe starred in...
Surprisingly, though, Monroe's most popular and obviously beloved movies aren't actually her most acclaimed –- at least according to one major metric. Only one of the films she appeared in during her too-short lifetime has a perfect critical score on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, and it's not any of the titles listed above. Instead, that coveted 100% score goes to "Don't Bother To Knock," a comparatively underseen thriller Monroe starred in...
- 5/18/2024
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Another decade gone by, another Sight and Sound poll of the 100 best films ever made. Naturally, discourse has followed the release of the list, from the differences in the critics' and directors' polls to the dethroning of old champs "Citizen Kane" and "Vertigo" by Chantal Akerman's "Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles."
Some especially incendiary thoughts have come from the inclusion of four films released in the 2010s in the critics' poll. "Get Out" tied for 95th place, "Parasite" for 90th, and "Moonlight" for 60th. "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" came in at a whopping 30th place, just below "Taxi Driver" and over canonical classics like "Psycho," "Rashomon," and "Casablanca."
The question is, do such new films deserve spots on this list? Especially when the works of directors like Howard Hawks and Steven Spielberg are nowhere to be seen. For some, including Paul Schrader, the answer is a definite "no.
Some especially incendiary thoughts have come from the inclusion of four films released in the 2010s in the critics' poll. "Get Out" tied for 95th place, "Parasite" for 90th, and "Moonlight" for 60th. "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" came in at a whopping 30th place, just below "Taxi Driver" and over canonical classics like "Psycho," "Rashomon," and "Casablanca."
The question is, do such new films deserve spots on this list? Especially when the works of directors like Howard Hawks and Steven Spielberg are nowhere to be seen. For some, including Paul Schrader, the answer is a definite "no.
- 12/3/2022
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
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