The Battle Over Citizen Kane

The Battle Over Citizen Kane

One episode of a long-running PBS documentary series called American Masters, this 90-minute film shows why people love public television. It’s an absolutely riveting piece of entertainment about how two larger-than-life figures – former child prodigy Orson Welles, a...
Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

Now here we are. The movie that, for decades, critics have been stereotyped as calling the best movie of all time. There is “Truth in Television”, as TV Tropes puts it. Although Citizen Kane, thanks to whatever success Hearst had in suppressing it, was largely under...
RKO 281

RKO 281

I once had a temp job helping Warner Bros. move its video library to a new location. A HUGE perk of that was that I could keep any duplicates I found. Among them was RKO 281. Unfortunately, it was only in the past couple of years I finally thought it was about time I...
Mank

Mank

I’ll first refer you to my video review: I only need to add this fun bit of trivia: the original Academy Awards were just a fancy dinner party in a hotel. They became the largest event in the ENTIRE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY for one reason – William Randolph Hearst...
Big (Meditation)

Big (Meditation)

That’s all for my ambitious series giving a comprehensive history of age-changing movies. What stood out to me is that I reviewed 13 movies, most of which I recommended, and some of which I really loved, yet Big is the only one considered a classic. You could possibly...