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Cerebral ‘Mank’ Is a Gabby and Stylized Origin Story for ‘Citizen Kane’
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Cerebral ‘Mank’ Is a Gabby and Stylized Origin Story for ‘Citizen Kane’

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 / 4 December 2020

While this roustabout story about Herman Mankiewicz’s battle to write the Orson Welles classic is clearly impressed with itself, Mank is easily David Fincher’s best work since Zodiac.

The Voice of the Demagogue and American So-Called Democracy
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The Voice of the Demagogue and American So-Called Democracy

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 / 3 November 2016
Gabriel Over the White House seriously asks a question that should only be asked as satire or farce: what if the best solution for the US is to have a fascist dictator in charge?
Extra Large Popcorn, Please: The Film Forum’s “Return of the Double Feature”
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Extra Large Popcorn, Please: The Film Forum’s “Return of the Double Feature”

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 / 26 August 2016
Originating as a practical means to ensure financial solvency, the “double feature” may now serve a more profound aesthetic purpose.
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Orson Welles’ ‘Citizen Kane’ Is a Labyrinth Without a Centre

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 / 24 October 2013
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Orson Welles Lied About This Book

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 / 11 May 2010
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Spaghetti War Flicks: World War II Brought to Life, Sort of

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 / 17 July 2007
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Essential Classics – Dramas (1947)

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 / 10 May 2007