Rolling Stone Jack Nicholson: 25 Essential Movies
From ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ to ‘The Departed’ a shout-out to the star’s greatest films and most memorable roles
By Everett Collection, 3
There’s the smile, which always seems to broadcast that an entire alleyway of cats have just lapped up a dairy’s worth of cream. There are the eyebrows, able to waggle and arch skyward in a single bound. There are the sunglasses all the better to hide what’s he thinking, or maybe what he’s been toking, my dear. There’s that nasally twang, which can suggest a come-on or a snarky comeback is on deck, or if you’re unlucky, that a fit of rage is brewing. There’s the reputation, which precedes him and regards his love of a good time. And then there’s that presence that he brings with him whether it’s courtside at a Lakers game or front row at the Oscars, an aura of coolness that somehow hints that, yes, you’ve seen him in a million movies and at a