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Uncovering Curiosities: Mark Cousins’ THE EYES OF ORSON WELLES

Poetic, hypnotic and passionate, 2018’s The Eyes Of Orson Welles is a beautifully realised visual love letter to the great filmmaker. Writer-director-narrator Mark Cousins takes us on a personal journey into the world of Orson Welles by using [...]

July 8, 2021

Behind The Scenes: David Fincher & Gary Oldman On The Set Of MANK

Is David Fincher‘s Mank a bad film? No, far from it, it’s brilliantly made but it doesn’t work as a piece of finely tuned narrative filmmaking. There’s no drive, no momentum. I’m disappointed to say it, but I found Mank middling [...]

March 30, 2021

Uncovering Curiosities: Orson Welles’ THE IMMORTAL STORY

Based on Isak Dinesen’s tale, Orson Welles’ The Immortal Story is a tense Tales Of The Unexpected-style drama which sees Jeanne Moreau star as a woman hired to sleep with a sailor in order to satisfy the whim of a rich shipping merchant. Shot in [...]

March 27, 2021

Review: David Fincher’s MANK Is Middling Rather Than Masterful

Mank is a gloriously well built film on a technical level, one which is expertly put together by director David Fincher. However, it’s a film without heart and narrative direction. Set in the 1930s and 1940s, the film is mainly about the [...]

March 24, 2021

Full Trailer For David Fincher’s MANK

We all know that David Fincher‘s Mank is going to top tier stuff. That’s to be expected from a master craftsman like Fincher. The film about the writing of Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane has also had a great marketing campaign by [...]

October 22, 2020

Glorious Teaser Trailer For David Fincher’s MANK

The colour, the textures – you can tell that the mighty David Fincher has gone all-out in recreating the feel of classic movies for Mank. The film follows Gary Oldman‘s Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Orson [...]

October 8, 2020

First Images From David Fincher’s MANK

Netflix has dropped the first images from David Fincher‘s Mank. The film sees Gary Oldman play Hollywood screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he suffers many trials and tribulations whilst working on the screenplay for Orson Welles’ [...]

September 6, 2020

DVD Review: Mark Cousins’ THE EYES OF ORSON WELLES Is An Intimate Love Letter To The Great Filmmaker

Poetic, hypnotic and passionate, The Eyes Of Orson Welles is a beautifully realised visual love letter to the great filmmaker. Writer-director-narrator Mark Cousins takes us on a personal journey into the world of Orson Welles by using the Citizen [...]

September 22, 2018

Netflix Brings Us Orson Welles’ Last Film THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND

One of cinema’s holy grails is finally about to see the light of day. After years of wrangling, Netflix will bring Orson Welles‘ The Other Side Of The Wind to to the screen. The unfinished film has been on the radar for cineasts fans [...]

March 16, 2017

Blu-ray Review: Orson Welles Tells THE IMMORTAL STORY

November 2, 2015

DVD Reviews: Orson Welles’ TOO MUCH JOHNSON, THE IMMORTAL STORY And FALSTAFF/CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT

Orson Welles was a true master of cinema. He was a larger than life character who lived for film. Welles was a cinematic savant, a man who organically knew the language of the medium. After a career on the stage and radio, he exploded onto the film [...]

May 23, 2015