Citizen Kane

Posted by Robin on Feb 26, 2013 in Actor, Featured | Comments Off on Warren Beatty

Oh sure, Warren Beatty has made a clunker or two. Ishtar is usually prominently featured when critics discuss the worst movies ever. But...

Posted by Robin on Aug 27, 2012 in Featured, Film | Comments Off on Vertigo

Well, you could have knocked me over with a feather. Vertigo is now the top film of all time, deposing Citizen Kane after 50 years,...

Posted by Robin on Sep 26, 2010 in Director | 1 comment

I celebrate Welles here as a director, because that’s the area I consider his greatest strength. But he was also a writer, actor,...

Posted by Robin on Sep 30, 2009 in Film | Comments Off on Film: The Maltese Falcon

Dashiell Hammett wrote the book. John Huston directed the film. And Humphrey Bogart made it memorable. The Maltese Falcon, which premiered...