Citizen Kane

While credit for the success of "Citizen Kane" has traditionally been attributed solely to its director, Orson Welles, this study documents the sha...

A companion to "Citizen Kane" - the film that was designed to shock - this text opens with an essay evaluating the making of the film. The original...

"Trump knew from early on that he who controls the story controls the world." Writer/director Robert Orlando, locked down during the Covid-19 pande...

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Before Hollywood's golden age, German expressionist film was arguably the most important cinematic movement in the medium's history. These 'symphon...

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Reducere. Film scholar Jeanine Basinger offers a revelatory, perceptive, and highly readable look at the greatest silent film stars -- not those few who are ...

Reducere. DescriptionFilm expert and author Andrew J. Rausch presents the 32 most pivotal moments in the history of the medium that changed the way movies we...

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The background music on a film can make or break the audience experience. Imagine the shower scene in Psycho without the shrieking violins or Jaws ...

Reducere. Innovative film and theater director, radio producer, actor, writer, painter, narrator, and magician, Orson Welles (1915-1985) was the last true Re...

Reducere. DescriptionHerman J. (1897-1953) and Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909-1993) wrote, produced, and directed over 150 pictures. With Orson Welles, Herman wr...

Enrico Caruso sang in its grand ballroom, and Arturo Toscanini lifted his baton to its soaring ceiling. Constructed in 1919, OHEKA Castle, Long Isl...

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DescriptionA deeply textured and compelling biography of comedy giant Mel Brooks, covering his rags-to-riches life and triumphant career in televis...

Hitler's favorite film was King Kong. The Blues Brothers is the only film ever that had a cocaine budget. Citizen Kane was booed at the Oscars ever...

Reducere. Is this a hoax, wrapped in a forgery, inside a long con? It was the Golden Age of Hollywood and with stars in his eyes and typewriter in hand, a te...