Citizen Kane
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How chaos created classics for Hollywood's unluckiest studio RKO
The studio responsible for King Kong, Citizen Kane and Bringing Up Baby was beset by bad fortune.
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Here Are the TV Shows and Movies That Will Be Available on HBO Max at Launch
HBO Max, WarnerMedia’s long-awaited streaming service, launches Wednesday with hundreds of titles, including beloved TV series, blockbuster film franchises and some originals created specifically for the new platform.And while we’re willing to bet you’ve heard classics like “Friends” and “The Big Bang Theory” are among the offerings that will be available at launch, we’re also pretty sure you don’t know how many other shows and movies you’ll have access to on Day 1.And, as a bonus surprise, HBO
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23 classic RKO films coming to BBC iPlayer including 'Citizen Kane', 'King Kong' and 'Top Hat'
Time to catch up on some of the greatest movies ever made.
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Spike Lee, Pedro Almodóvar to Curate Inaugural Academy Museum Exhibitions
The Academy Museum on Saturday detailed what will be some of its inaugural exhibitions when it opens in December, with directors Spike Lee and Pedro Almodóvar, composer Hildur Guðnadóttir and sound designer Ben Burtt to curate galleries in the museum.The four collaborators will contribute to the Stories of Cinema galleries located on the second and third floors of the Saban Building. The galleries will explore all aspects of the art and science of moviemaking and over time will rotate out and ch
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The 12 biggest ever Oscar travesties
History has been kind to these Oscar losers.
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William Randolph Hearst's 'Dark Plot’ To Stop Citizen Kane Revealed
The full extent of the media mogul William Randolph Hearst’s plot to derail the movie ‘Citizen Kane’ and discredit its director and star Orson Welles is to be revealed in a new book. Hearst famously tried to block Hollywood studio RKO from making and releasing the 1941 movie, as he considered its lead character, the fictional media mogul Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, to be based on him after receiving warnings from his staff who had seen early footage. Using previously unpublished doc
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Five Of The Best Movies About Journalism
For every heroic investigative journalist in ‘Spotlight’ there are four Richard Thornburgs - you know, that awful TV reporter who nearly got Holly killed in 'Die Hard’. - The Worst Movie Posters of 2015 - 15 Actors Who Gained Weight For Roles ‘All The President’s Men’ Naturally one of the best known journalism movies tells the story of one of the 20th century’s greatest journalistic endeavours. 'All The President’s Men’ follows legendary Washington Post journos Woodward and Bernstein as they i
