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Tag Archives: Citizen Kane
December 2020 Viewing Diary
I hope you like The X-Files. Look forward to hearing from fans of the show. The past couple of months have been heart-wrenching for my family. It will continue to be so. We are struggling under the weight of the … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged animation, Aubrey Plaza, biopic, children's movies, Citizen Kane, Cliff Bole, comedy, David Fincher, David Nutter, documentary, England, Kim Manners, Orson Welles, Peter Bogdanovich, romantic comedy, romantic drama, sci-fi, South Korea, Supernatural, Vietnam, What's Up Doc, women directors, X-Files
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November 2016 Viewing Diary
Elle (2016; d. Paul Verhoeven) I loved it. People HATE this movie. One lady on Twitter said that men should be banned from making films about rape. How you would enforce such a rule is beyond me. Also: No fucking … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged Agnes Varda, China, Citizen Kane, Claudette Colbert, documentary, England, France, Gary Cooper, Golshifteh Farahani, Hong Kong, Isabelle Huppert, Jim Jarmusch, Mia Hansen-Løve, Orson Welles, Patricia Neal, Paul Verhoeven, Sophia Takal, South Korea, Supernatural
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Happy Birthday, Orson Welles
Much of the Welles story is difficult to put together because he himself was such a teller of tall tales. You know, he went to Morocco when he was 16 years old and the hung out with a sheik in … Continue reading
Posted in Directors, On This Day
Tagged Citizen Kane, Micheál MacLiammóir, Orson Welles, Simon Callow, War of the Worlds
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The Books: “Orson Welles: Volume 1: The Road to Xanadu” (Simon Callow)
Daily Book Excerpt: Entertainment Biography/Memoir: Orson Welles, Volume 1: The Road to Xanadu (Orson Welles / Simon Callow), by Simon Callow The first volume of actor/writer Simon Callow’s gigantic Orson Welles project. Volume II came out last year, and there … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Directors
Tagged Citizen Kane, entertainment biography, Orson Welles, Simon Callow
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The Books: “Unfinished Business: Memoirs: 1902-1988″ (John Houseman)
Daily Book Excerpt: Entertainment Biography/Memoir: Unfinished Business: Memoirs: 1902-1988, by John Houseman One of the best memoirs ever written. John Houseman’s career beggars belief … you look at it as a whole and think: “Excuse me?” And not only that, … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged Citizen Kane, entertainment biography, Orson Welles, War of the Worlds
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