The Third Man is the best Orson Welles movie of all time, with the legendary film noir even outclassing the constantly celebrated Citizen Kane. Orson Welles passed away forty years ago, and yet ...

Did Orson Welles get too much glory for “Citizen Kane”? Absolutely, New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael insists in this novella-length fire-starter about the making of the greatest movie of ...

What to do with The Magnificent Ambersons, director Orson Welles’ follow-up to Citizen Kane? More than seven decades after the movie hit cinemas, it remains a flashpoint of discussion and debate ...

“Citizen Kane” can rest easy. “Paddington in Peru” is no threat to what many consider to be the greatest movie ever made. You ...

Explore the life of William Randolph Hearst, who, by the 1930s, controlled a vast media empire, achieving unprecedented power. A man of prodigious appetites, he was the model for Orson Welles’s ...

How many Broadway shows has Orson Welles been in? Orson Welles has appeared on Broadway in 8 shows. How many West End shows has Orson Welles been in? Orson Welles has not appeared in the West End ...

The festive season can have a strange effect on our perception of time. Days blur together, hours stretch or vanish, and a ...

A series of features celebrating the centenary of cinema giant Orson Welles, including reviews of Touch of Evil and Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight - Welles' own favourite of his films; clips and ...