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‘Citizen Kane’ among first Criterion 4K Ultra HD discs

The Criterion Collection announced its first 4K UHD releases: “Citizen Kane,” “Menace II Society,” “The Piano,” “Mulholland Dr.,” “The Red Shoes” and “A Hard Day’s Night.” The 4K UHD/Blu-ray combo packs will be out in November.

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Another ‘Citizen Kane’ jacket on auction block

They must be cleaning out the closets at Xanadu: Another “Citizen Kane” jacket is on the auction block. The gray and black herringbone suit jacket was worn by Orson Welles in the scene where Charles Foster Kane meets future wife Susan Alexander, played by Dorothy Comingore.

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‘Citizen Kane’ at 80; look back at the 1941 reviews

From the archives, a sampling of the favorable notices that greeted the release of Orson Welles’ first Hollywood film on May 1, 1941. The trade paper Variety wrote of its young director-star: “Welles has found the screen as effective for his unique showmanship as radio and the theatre.”

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Negative for ‘Citizen Kane’ may be lost forever

With the 80th anniversary of the Orson Welles masterpiece fast approaching, Nicolas Falacci, co-creator of the television series “NUMB3RS,” recently related a story about Turner Entertainment’s restoration of the RKO Pictures film for its 50th anniversary back in 1991.

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Beatrice Welles joins chorus of ‘Mank’ critics

Beatrice Welles — whose father, Orson Welles, produced, starred, directed and co-wrote “Citizen Kane” — sees Netflix’s “Mank” as a slap in the face of the late maverick filmmaker.

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Deflating myths about Orson Welles

Even a contemporary director with as fine and as comprehensive an understanding of film-making as David Fincher, is still subject to the same myths about Orson Welles.

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Mank and the Ghost of Christmas Future

Film historian Joseph McBride, who penned “Rough Sledding with Pauline Kael” in 1971, graciously offered to revisit the authorship of Citizen Kane for Wellesnet after screening David Fincher’s new Netflix movie Mank — the latest in a string of unflattering film portrayals of Orson Welles.