Tag: Orson Welles

2020 Venice Film Festival: Michel Franco, Mona Fastvold, Jasmila Zbanic & Konchalovsky in Comp

Mona Fastvold, Emma Dante and Chloé Zhao were tipped for the comp months ago, but today heavyweights such as Jasmila Zbanic, Malgorzata Szumowska (Never...

Criterion Collection: The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) | Blu-ray Review

As with almost all of Orson Welles’ filmography following the monolithic precedence established his 1941 debut Citizen Kane, it’s impossible not to deliberate on...

2018 Venice Film Festival: Jennifer Kent, Alverson, Corbet, Schnabel & Coen Bros. in Comp

Surprise, surprise. At the end of the day, Ethan and Joel Coen's The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a feature film (not a series)...

The Conversation – Cannes Predictions I: North & South America

As we near the announcement of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival’s program next month (April 12th for Cannes, 16th for Critics' Week and possibly...

Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #58. Orson Welles’ The Other Side of the Wind

The Other Side of the Wind Populated with four Oscar winners (John Huston, Mercedes McCambridge, Edmond O'Brien and Cameron Crowe) and four Oscar nominees (Dennis...

Criterion Collection: The Immortal Story | Blu-ray Review

In retrospect, The Immortal Story (1968) is a fitting capstone to Orson Welles’ illustrious yet highly compromised directorial career, a filmography lodged beneath the...

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