Citizen Kane
1941, NR, 119 min.
D: Orson Welles; with Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten.
Who knows if Citizen Kane is really the best movie ever made, as its reputation would have us believe? But this film sure ranks up there, and this Welles wunderkind classic deserves to be experienced on the big screen. Deep focus has never looked the same.
This article appears in May 30 • 2003.
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