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Showing posts with label Citizen Kane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Citizen Kane. Show all posts
Monday, December 21, 2020

Review: "Mank" is a Distracting Messy Homage

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Scene from Mank No matter who you are, there's a good chance somebody at least once has told you that Citizen Kane  is one of the greate...
Thursday, October 8, 2020

The First "Mank" Trailer Reshapes the Narrative Around "Citizen Kane"

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Scene from Mank (2020) If you ask anyone to rattle off a list of the best movies ever made, there is a good chance that Orson Welles' 19...
Friday, November 2, 2018

Netflix, FilmStruck, and Streaming Services' Problems with Film History

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Scene from The Other Side of the Wind For a lot of cinephiles, today is a very special occasion. Today is the day in which the long awa...
Friday, May 6, 2016

Why Orson Welles Makes Me Sad

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Orson Welles in Touch of Evil Orson Welles is a genius. It is a simple idea that many, myself included, believe to be true. Over the ...
Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Nothing But the Best: "How Green Was My Valley" (1941)

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Scene from How Green Was My Valley  Welcome to the series Nothing But the Best in which I chronicle all of the Academy Award Best Pictu...
Tuesday, October 27, 2015

10 Best Picture Nominees That Bombed at the Box Office

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Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs It is likely that by this point you are aware that director Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs  bombed at th...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Birthday Take: Orson Welles in "Citizen Kane" (1941)

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Orson Welles in Citizen Kane Welcome to The Birthday Take, a column dedicated to celebrating Oscar nominees and winners' birthdays...