Critic’s Choice: ‘Sunset Boulevard’ still glimmers on the big screen
If you are a fan of inside-Hollywood dramas, and how could you not be, you know that Billy Wilder’s “Sunset Boulevard” is one of the best. Now, as part of Fathom Events’ TCM Big Screen Classics series, it will play in numerous Southern California theaters Sunday and May 16 at 2 and 7 p.m.
The story of what happens when William Holden’s down-on-his-luck screenwriter stumbles on a great mansion off Sunset Boulevard owned by Gloria Swanson’s Norma Desmond, a great legend of the silent screen living in delusional splendor years after her prime with factotum Erich von Stroheim, never disappoints no matter how often its viewed. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including all four acting categories (Nancy Olson got a supporting actress nod), “Sunset Boulevard” should not be missed.
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