The Third Man is the best Orson Welles movie of all time, with the legendary film noir even outclassing the constantly celebrated Citizen Kane. Orson Welles passed away forty years ago ...
Did Orson Welles get too much glory for “Citizen Kane”? Absolutely, New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael insists in this novella-length fire-starter about the making of the greatest movie of ...
As one of the most innovative figures of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Orson Welles was harshly critical of several of his notable ...
Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles and Everett Sloane in the offices ... The most lauded American movie ever, Citizen Kane was controversial even before it premiered 75 years ago this month—“Within ...
Orson Welles, already an institution at the age of 25, arrives at the 1941 premiere of his masterpiece. United Archives GMBH / Alamy When Citizen Kane premiered on May 1, 1941, it wasn’t at ...
What to do with The Magnificent Ambersons, director Orson Welles’ follow-up to Citizen Kane? More than seven decades after the movie hit cinemas, it remains a flashpoint of discussion and debate ...
The fact that Orson Welles created Citizen Kane, a film cited by many film pundits as the single greatest of all time, at such a young age almost did a disservice to the rest of his career.
Journey Into Fear also falls short of the best Orson Welles (Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Amber sons). The film follows the eerie adventures of a young U.S. engineer (Joseph Gotten) when he is ...
“Citizen Kane” can rest easy ... after a single bad review of Orson Welles’ masterpiece was unearthed from a May 7, 1941, ...
The bravura opening shot of Orson Welles‘ "Touch of Evil ... promise - the guy who never lived up to "Citizen Kane." But as Welles expert Jonathan Rosenbaum has noted, this thesis only ...
The festive season can have a strange effect on our perception of time. Days blur together, hours stretch or vanish, and a ...
A series of features celebrating the centenary of cinema giant Orson Welles ... clips and surprising stories about Citizen Kane; all of Welles' Sketch Books series of talks for the BBC; and ...