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Jan Stenbeck Was the Swedish Murdoch

December 9, 2025December 7, 2025 William Schwartz 0 Comments Citizen Kane, FLX, Jan Stenbeck, Kinnevik Group, media moguls, Rupert Murdoch, Scandinavian drama, Stenbeck series, Succession, Swedish culture, Swedish telecommunications, Swedish television, Vanguard, ViaPlay

‘Vanguard’ is more ‘Citizen Kane’ than ‘Succession’

Carol Reed’s ‘The Third Man’ Turns 75

September 21, 2025 Matt Hanson 1 Comment 75th anniversary, Alida Valli, Anton Karas, black market, Carol Reed, Citizen Kane, COVID profiteering, Dutch angle, Ferris Wheel scene, film noir, Graham Greene, Harry Lime, Holly Martens, J David McSwane, Joseph Cotton, Orson Welles, Pandemic Inc, post-WWII films, postwar Vienna, Robert Siodmak influence, Roger Ebert, Stalin quote, The Third Man

Orson Welles and an eerie soundtrack command a ‘near-perfect’ film

Best Picture

Which Best Picture Do People Actually Still Like?

March 8, 2023March 12, 2023 Stephen Macaulay 1 Comment Bob Fosse, Cabaret, Citizen Kane, Forrest Gump, Francis Ford Coppola, Gone With The Wind, How Green Was My Valley, James Cameron, John Avildsen, John Ford, Rain Man, Robert Zemeckis, Rocky, Sylvester Stallone, The Godfather, The Silence of the Lambs, Titanic, Tom Cruise

Movies are like a box of chocolates

Jeanne Dielman

Remembrance of ‘Jeanne Dielman’ Past

December 7, 2022December 9, 2022 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Brussels, Chantal Akerman, Citizen Kane, Jeanne Dielman, Vertigo

A nostalgic visit with the ‘Greatest Movie Of All Time’

Citizen Kane

Why Should We Still Care About ‘Citizen Kane’?

December 9, 2020December 8, 2020 Jake Harris 0 Comments Alfred Hitchcock, Citizen Kane, David Fincher, Foreign Correspondent, Gregg Toland, Herman Mankiewicz, Mank, Memento, Orson Welles, Pulp Fiction, Rashomon

Of its time and ahead of its time

Mank

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‘Mank’ in the Tank

November 23, 2020December 5, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Amanda Seyfried, Charles Dance, Citizen Kane, Coen Brothers, David Fincher, Gary Oldman, Jack Fincher, Louis C.K., Madonna, Mank, Trumbo, William Randolph Hearst

David Fincher’s Old Hollywood movie is a pretentious snooze

‘Gone With the Wind’ and ‘Parasite’ are Both Good Movies

February 21, 2020February 24, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Citizen Kane, Donald Trump, Gone With The Wind, Parasite, Sunset Boulevard

It’s OK to love the classics despite their flaws

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‘IF’: Imaginary Friends and Real Ryan Reynoldses

April 19, 2026April 19, 2026 Robert Dean 0

John Krasinski’s 2024 bomb hits Netflix and explodes into life

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In ‘Cinematic Immunity,’ Film Crews Get the Final Edit

April 14, 2026April 17, 2026 Gillian G. Gaar 0

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Plastic is Shrinking America’s Dicks

April 12, 2026April 17, 2026 Dan Friedman 0

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Houston, We Have Engagement!

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