Mank N' Crank Month — Happy Place — It Turns Out the Naming Rights! Membership Option Was For Real and Someone Is Now Five Hundred Bucks Poorer Presents Nat

Exploiting the Archives: The Fractured Mirror 2.0 #2: The Other Side of the Wind (2018)

In remembrance of the late Peter Bogdanovich, we are re-running this piece on The Other Side of the Wind, Orson Welles’ towering final masterpiece and a haunting meditation on the writer-director’s complicated relationship with his protege.

First and Last 2.0: John Huston's The Maltese Falcon and The Dead

Crank N’ Mank Month continues with a look at the masterful first and final films of John Huston, the star of Orson Welles’ brilliant and incendiary final film, The Other Side of the Wind.

The Curious Cult of Mank

What is it about Mank that’s got the internet going nuts?

Mank N' Crank Month, The Big Whoop, Crank N' Mank MonthNathan RabinOctober 6, 2021David Fincher, Gary Oldman, Jason Statham, MANK

Crank N' Mank Month #2 First and Last: Orson Welles' Citizen Kane (1941) and F for Fake (1975)

Mank n’ Crank Month continues with a look at Citizen Kane, the movie that inspired Mank, and Welles’ dazzling F for Fake.

First and Last 2.0, Mank N' Crank Month, Crank N' Mank MonthNathan RabinOctober 5, 2021Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Mank

Crank N' Mank Month/The Fractured Mirror 2.0 #1 Mank (2020)

Crank N’ Mank Month begins with a look at the reason for the season, David Fincher’s spectacularly silly/entertaining 2020 biopic Mank.

October Is Going to Be Crank N' Mank Month Here at the Happy Place!

The Happy Place is pleased to officially announce that October will be Crank N’ Mank Month in honor of the David Fincher joint and the Neveldine/Taylor masterpieces.

The Big Whoop, Mank N' Crank Month, Crank N' Mank MonthNathan RabinSeptember 27, 2021Mank, Crank, Gary Oldman, Jason Statham