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If Orson Welles’s 1941 film Citizen Kane had been made as a TV movie 60 y…
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3 months ago
‘He loved showing his bum. Loved it’: the subversive genius of Kenneth Williams ⊕⊕
The actor, comedian and raconteur, who would have turned 100 on Sunday, could play humble or haughty, cheeky or Chekhov – but always stole the show
When standup comic Tom Allen received Attitude magaz…
4 months ago
‘Soon I will die. And I will go with a great orgasm’: the last rites of Alejandro Jodorowsky ⊕⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
The Chilean film-maker’s psychedelic work earned him the title ‘king of the midnight movie’, and a fan in John Lennon. Now the 96-year-old is ready for the end – but first there is more living to do
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8 months ago
Henry Jaglom, fiercely independent director and friend of Orson Welles, dies aged 87 ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Known for his actor-centred style, he made films with Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson and his conversations with the Citizen Kane legend became an acclaimed book
Henry Jaglom, the maverick film-maker…
10 months ago
Rosebud sled from Citizen Kane sells at auction for £11m ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Item donated by a director who was given it during a studio clearout becomes second most valuable piece of movie memorabilia
The iconic sled from Orson Welles’s 1941 classic Citizen Kane has sold fo…
14 months ago
The big idea: do we worry too much about misinformation? ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Seeing falsehoods everywhere is as damaging as believing too much. Our focus should be on helping people interpret information better
On 30 October 1938, a US radio station broadcast a dramatisation o…
15 months ago
Get Shorty: a madcap, loving spoof of the film biz ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Starring John Travolta as a loan shark who lands himself in Hollywood, this noirish satire is pure pastiche. Like its lead, it’s a sucker for the movies
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17 months ago
The Brutalist director Brady Corbet: ‘If you’re not daring to suck, you’re not doing much’ ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
The film-maker’s latest is a three and-a-half-hour epic about the building of a modernist masterpiece, and the toll its creation takes on its architect. The film’s making was almost as gruelling. ‘Pe…
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