Orson Welles — 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.

The Fractured Mirror 2.0 #4 The Muppet Movie (1979)

Why are there so many songs about rainbows?

Fractured Mirror 2.0Nathan RabinNovember 11, 2021Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Richard Pryor, Mel Brooks, Orson Welles, Austin Pendleton

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

“Rosebud Was the Sleigh” and 5 Other Things You Don’t Know About Citizen Kane on Account of Being a Total Fucking Idiot

Good lord are you ever a buffoon!

ClickbaitNathan RabinJune 27, 2017Citizen Kane, Orson Welles, Clickbait, condescension, Buzzfeed