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Monday May 13 | Harvard Crimson

It Might Have Been

Deathbed narrations of decadent men fascinate us. These haunted, semi-lucid ravings attract us for their reflective melancholy that dissolves the gaudy veils of wealth and power around rotten cores of misgivings and dejection.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Mystery Movies, Citizen Kane, Gothic, Celebrities, Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, John McCain, Republican

Thu May 09, 2013

TV Squad

'Haunted Collector': The Ghost Of Orson Welles

On " Haunted Collector ," John Zaffis and his crew headed to the Hollywood Hills to investigate the house Orson Welles lived in while he was working on the classic film, " Citizen Kane ." The homeowner reported a lot of strange things happening in the night that certainly had the familiar feel of paranormal activity.

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Related Topix: Mystery Movies, Citizen Kane, Drama Movies, Celebrities, Gothic, Haunted Collector, Entertainment, Television, Supernatural, The Bachelor, Reality TV, Comedy

Wed May 08, 2013

New York Daily News

There she blows: Theatre group brings hunt for Moby-Dick to life aboard Red Hook barge

A Ditmas Park theater troupe has turned a century-old barge docked at Pier 44 into the crazed captain's whaling boat for a play adapted from Herman Melville's famed novel.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Herman Melville, Moby Dick Rehearsed, Drama Movies, Adventure, Gothic, Celebrities, New York

Tue May 07, 2013

Monsters and Critics

SYFY: Haunted Collector, Deep South Paranormal, WH13 previews

First, check out a sneak peek of Haunted Collector in addition to a clip from last week.

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Related Topix: Haunted Collector, Entertainment, Television, Supernatural, Drama Movies, Mystery Movies, Citizen Kane, Gothic, Celebrities, Columbia, CA

Mon May 06, 2013

DVDfile.com

Band of Outsiders: BD Review

The influence of French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard is lost on contemporary filmgoers, except those knowledgeable enough to know when he's being ripped off.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Pulp Fiction, Drama Movies, Celebrities, John Travolta, Pop/Rock, Mystery Movies, Citizen Kane, Gothic

Thu May 02, 2013

McBrooklyn

'Moby Dick - Rehearsed' by Orson Welles at Red Hook's Waterfront Museum & Showboat Barge

Red Hook's Waterfront Museum & Showboat Barge sends us word about: Creating Melville's world on the bare stage of an historic wooden barge, a cast of characters bring life to museum artifacts transporting each barge-goer to the docks of Nantucket, the deck of Captain Ahab's ship, and the wild unpredictable ocean.

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Related Topix: Moby Dick Rehearsed, Drama Movies, Adventure, Gothic, Celebrities

Wed May 01, 2013

WNYC-AM New York

Guest Picks: William Friedkin

Pioneering director William Friedkin was a guest on the show May 1, with guest host Anna Sale.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Mystery Movies, Citizen Kane, Gothic, Celebrities

Time

The Citizen Kane of Citizen Kane Lists

Citizen Kane has long been given a reputation as a landmark in cinema - indeed, it has, at various points, been called the greatest film of all time.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Mystery Movies, Citizen Kane, Gothic, Celebrities, Theater, Arts, Magic Mike, The Hangover

Dallas Morning News

Today in photo history - " 1941: Citizen Kane premieres in New York

Orson Welles poses for a photo at the premiere of his movie "Citizen Kane" at the Palace Theater, New York City on May 1, 1941.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Mystery Movies, Citizen Kane, Gothic, Celebrities

Tue Apr 30, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

Brooklyn's Brave New World Repertory Theatre Presents Moby Dick-Rehearsed,5/3-5/12

Brooklyn's acclaimed Brave New World Repertory Theatre kicks off its 2013 season with a site specific production of Moby Dick -- Rehearsed, Orson Welles ' adaptation of the classic Melville novel.

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Related Topix: Gothic, Celebrities, Orson Welles

Mon Apr 29, 2013

Chicago Reader

Orson Welles, Terrence Malick, and Michael Bay: Three feet high and rising

It's a good time to be looking up at the movies. Two high-profile recent releases, Michael Bay's Pain & Gain and Terrence Malick's To the Wonder , employ the low-angle shot like it's going out of style; and the Music Box Theatre is in the middle of an ongoing series devoted to Orson Welles , the filmmaker most commonly associated with that device.

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Related Topix: To the Wonder, Pain & Gain, Gothic, Celebrities, Orson Welles, Chicago, IL

OhNoTheyDidnt

Michael Fassbender to play Macbeth

Everyone from Sam Worthington to Orson Welles has taken on "Macbeth," and the Shakespeare play that dare not say its name has been adapted countless time for the stage, television and multiplex.

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Related Topix: Animation Movies, Short, Comedy Movies, Music!, Thriller, History Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Macbeth, Michael Fassbender, Sam Worthington, Celebrities, Orson Welles, Gothic

NewMexiKen

William Randolph Hearst

Was Hearst the model for Charles Foster Kane? Here is what Orson Welles had to say in 1975 .

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Mystery Movies, Citizen Kane, Gothic, Celebrities

Thu Apr 25, 2013

Vancouver Courier

Call a slave a slave

In the 1987 film Someone to Love, Henry Jaglom plays a loose version of himself: a guy directing a play starring his real-life actor friends.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Someone to Love, Gothic, Celebrities, Orson Welles, Anthropology, Science

Wed Apr 24, 2013

Trend Hunter Magazine

Film Reel Portraits - The Unseen Seen by Reiner Riedler Evokes...

The Unseen Seen is a photo series that captures a part of the movie experience that few are privy to.

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Related Topix: World News, Germany, Drama Movies, Mystery Movies, Citizen Kane, Gothic, Celebrities

Mon Apr 22, 2013

WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Classic Movies to Catch on DVD

"La Revue Des Revues" Directed by Joe Francis, with Josephine Baker. This films has two major subjects.

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Related Topix: Josephine Baker, Jazz, Mystery Movies, Citizen Kane, Drama Movies, Celebrities, Orson Welles, Gothic

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