Tagged Orson Welles

Herman J. Mankiewicz is not anybody’s first choice for a prestige Hollywood biopic. He may have co-written one of the greatest films of all time, Citizen Kane (and that’s debated), but to most people the...

So you're a director, you've made your genre-defining debut picture, and now it's time to convince the viewing public that your film blows the other cinematic dross out of the water. But how do you prove it?...

In this new series of articles, our writers are watching classic films for the first time. This time we have Nick Davie catching up on the classic 1941 Orson Welles epic Citizen Kane. The seminal...

There is a common narrative surrounding Orson Welles that he was too ambitious for the studio system of his day; the final edits of his movies were rarely under his control after his first film, and his...

In this new series of articles, our writers are watching classic films for the first time. Here, Patrick catches up on 1946's The Stranger. Perhaps lesser known among Orson Welles’ stellar run of...

It’s an uncanny feeling to be watching a new Orson Welles film, over thirty years after the man’s death. The Other Side of the Wind is a Frankenstein’s Monster of a film and is every bit as haphazard,...

When the 2018 Venice Film Festival slate was first announced, people were quick to proclaim it one of the greatest on-paper festival line-ups. We here at ORWAV can’t help but agree, and with our team off the...

The directorial debut is an interesting phenomenon: for every illustrious filmmaker who nailed their craft at the first time of asking, other estimable auteurs needed a number of cracks to hit their...

Alfred Hitchock, regarded by many as the greatest director of all time, once said he thought “all actors should be treated like cattle”, which gives you a good idea as to why the auteur and the talent...

Every four weeks, ORWAV explores the movie month ahead through the medium of song! Upcoming releases, notable births and anniversaries and a general celebration of the films, directors, technicians and...

"Almost we are persuaded that there is something after all ... something essential waiting for all of us in the dark alleys of the world, aboriginally loathsome, immeasurable and certainly nameless." - Orson...

Period piece. Costume drama. Historical epic. Any way you slice it, it's been around about as long as cinema itself. Of course, in those days what we now consider quintessential period drama was practically...

Accents are a key part of any actor's repartee. Any good actor can deliver a performance that could move a grown man to tears or could make a fully packed cinema laugh raucously at their comedic aplomb BUT if...