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What Happened To CITIZEN KANE’s Camera Negative

February 28, 2021 Rich Drees

The mystery of what happened to the original camera negative from one of the greatest films of all time may have been solved. [click for more]

VERTIGO Unseats CITIZEN KANE in Sight And Sound’s Annual Best Film Poll

August 1, 2012 Rich Drees

KANE’s half-century reign has been disrupted by the Hitchcock classic. [click for more]

Hollywood’s New Kind Of Originality

May 15, 2012 William Gatevackes

Hollywood loves adding their own spin to existing properties–usually with dire results. But their unique brand of meddling is getting worse. [click for more]

HISTORY OF THE COMIC BOOK FILM: Swamp Things

February 10, 2012 William Gatevackes

This time, we trace the rise and fall of muck-encrusted monsters at the cineplex. [click for more]

Welles’ CITIZEN KANE Oscar Back Up For Auction

December 13, 2011 Rich Drees

The Acacdemy Award the director won for writing the classic film is back under the gavel. [click for more]

CITIZEN KANE Coming To Blu-Ray, Assorted Streaming Options

June 13, 2011 Rich Drees

One of the greatest American films is getting a 4k high-def restoration. [click for more]

The Day The Movies Didn’t Die

February 9, 2011 William Gatevackes

Recently, a GQ article declared that movies have died. We beg to disagree. [click for more]

1. Watchmen (Warner Brothers, 3,611 Theaters, 163 Minutes, Rated R): They are a skittish group, these comic fans, especially when it comes to movies based on their favorite heroes. They complain when plot elements change, get [click for more]

Happy Halloween From Orson Welles

October 30, 2008 Rich Drees

Seventy years ago this evening, Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre Of The Air radio program presented their Halloween episode, an adaptation of H. G. Wells’ (no relation) novel War Of The Worlds. Much has [click for more]

Required Viewing: TCM Celebrating 80 Years of RKO

October 1, 2008 John Gibbon

Beauty may have killed the beast, but it did not silence “The Transmitter”. In fact, RKO Pictures became one of the most famous picture-makers during Hollywood’s Golden Age. RKO formed in 1928 after a successful [click for more]