Tag Archives: Citizen Kane

December 2020 Viewing Diary

Posted on January 6, 2021 by sheila

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 →

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November 2016 Viewing Diary

Posted on December 2, 2016 by sheila

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 →

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Happy Birthday, Orson Welles

Posted on May 6, 2014 by sheila

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 →

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Quarto Potere

Posted on July 16, 2010 by sheila
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The Books: “Orson Welles: Volume 1: The Road to Xanadu” (Simon Callow)

Posted on November 18, 2008 by sheila

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 →

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The Books: “Unfinished Business: Memoirs: 1902-1988″ (John Houseman)

Posted on September 10, 2008 by sheila

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 →

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