Orson Welles blamed 'The Magnificent Ambersons' for destroying his directorial career. Though cut and reshot, the movie still ranks as a classic.

In 1941, Orson Welles co-wrote, directed, and starred in Citizen Kane, still regarded by many critics as the greatest movie of all time. He was 26 years old. For such a remarkable beginning ...

Citizen Kane made Orson Welles a superstar. But his next movie, The Magnificent Ambersons, was edited into incoherence by the studio. Now, a Welles fan has used animation to recreate lost footage.

One of the greatest American directors of the 20th century is known for only a few films. After Orson Welles made his masterpiece Citizen Kane in 1941, he fought bitterly with the studios that ...

‘Voodoo Macbeth’ Review: Backstage Tale of Early Orson Welles Triumph Speaks to Modern Inclusivity. Modern creators looking to diversify casts and crews could take a page from the legendary ...

The drama critics who attended the opening of young Orson Welles’ revival of “Heartbreak House” last spring were practically unanimous in acclaiming it as a perfectly timed production. Shaw ...

Nearly 40 years after his death, Orson Welles is back — as a disembodied AI-generated voice in location-based storytelling app Storyrabbit. Storyrabbit, from podcast company Treefort Media ...

A replacement Oscar given to estate of the late Orson Welles in 1988 for his "lost" Citizen Kane Screenwriting award sold for $645,000 but is it legal. Skip to main content.

A few paragraphs on Orson Welles’ 1962 adaptation of “The Trial” can suggest only so much of the film’s special visual effect — not effects, plural, but a single, singular two-hour ...

The bravura opening shot of Orson Welles‘ “Touch of Evil” — in which the camera begins on a close-up of a ticking bomb and then pulls back to present the bomb’s journey to detonation via ...