‘Citizen Kane’ returns to big screen at 85
Orson Welles’ landmark 1941 film, “Citizen Kane,” will return to cinemas with screenings planned across the country this summer.
Orson Welles’ landmark 1941 film, “Citizen Kane,” will return to cinemas with screenings planned across the country this summer.
Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. have entered into a definitive agreement under which Netflix will acquire Warner Bros., whose film library includes “Citizen Kane” and “The Magnificent Ambersons.”
Hollywood filmmaker Stanley Sheff shared his memories of working with Orson Welles and his plans for a screening of “Citizen Kane” in Beverly Hills.
The sled – touted as “The Lost Rosebud Sled” by Heritage Auctions – had been in the hands of director Joe Dante (“Gremlins,” “The Howling”) for more than 40 years.
Director Joe Dante (“Gremlins,” “The Howling”) rescued the pine wood sled during the filming of “Explorers” on the former RKO Pictures lot in 1984.
“Who Wrote Citizen Kane? – Statistical Analysis of Disputed Co-Authorship” uses statistical methods to scrutinize the language of the script to determine the contributions made by Orson Welles and Herman Mankiewicz.
“Citizen Kane” was king this week at Heritage Auction’s Hollywood Entertainment Signature Auction with an Academy Award, three-piece suit and script fetching big money.
Heritage Auction’s Hollywood/Entertainment Signature Auction on July 27-29 contains memorabilia spanning spanning the first spark of cinema to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips will speak on “The Struggle to Make Citizen Kane” at the Free Library of Philadelphia on Wednesday, June 21, 2023.
The noted author recently appeared in the Danny Wu documentary “American: An Odyssey to 1947” and was working on a third book about Orson Welles.
The 21-minute short film follows the grandson of Charles Foster Kane, now a journalist for his grandfather’s company and facing struggles with his career and marriage.
“Elvis” director Baz Luhrmann references “Citizen Kane” in his new hit musical and looks at the similarities between the two movies’ lead characters.