Orson Welles News

The Grand Strand Opera Workshop will have a DVD showing of Donizetti's "Anna Bolena" at its new monthly site.

When Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace hit theaters on May 19, 1999, the anticipation levels were such that, for a generation of moviegoers, it was as if Orson Welles had come out with Citizen Kane II .

The stunning actress Alida Valli. I recently watched The Third Man, an excellent British film noir starring Orson Welles, his good friend Joseph Cotten and the Italian-Austrian actress Alida Valli.

For nearly 30 years, the stage was Robert Newman's domain - the classroom where he taught hundreds of Bellflower High School students the arts of acting and directing.

An image from Christian Marclay's The Clock, one of thousands of clips showing clocks and watches in the film montage.

An image from Christian Marclay's The Clock, one of thousands of clips showing clocks and watches in the film montage.

The studio seized control of the film from a then 26-year-old Welles, and chopped it from over two hours to a scant 88 minutes.

No, not the Daniel Craig picture - the one with Peter Sellers, ORson Welles, and the super-mod hot chicks in gold bikinis.... Long before Austin Powers spoofed James Bond, James Bond spoofed James Bond in Casino Royale .

Mary Louise Coulouris, who has died aged 72 after suffering from motor neurone disease, was a prolific printmaker, painter and muralist whose vibrant images were exhibited widely.

Before 3D, or HD TVs, or The Office there was 3-2-1 Contact and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

All warm and fuzzy Theodore Cleaver and Ozzie and Harriet nostalgia aside, the 1950s was arguably the most exciting decade in the history of theater.

Alive Theatre of Long Beach is driven by "the power of experiencing living art," as mentioned in their mission statement.

An Orson Welles classic comes to DVD, and high-profile Oscar qualifiers Hugo and War Horse get Blu-ray specs.... Full specs have been revealed for Paramount's 28 February Blu-ray release of Hugo .

It may have taken 71 years, but the Hearst family appears to have finally forgiven Orson Welles for drawing uncomfortable comparisons between newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and fictional character Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane , often considered the greatest movie ever made.

BRILLIANT summer weather, a Hollywood classic and choc-top ice creams: could there be any better way to round out the City of Ballarat Summer Sundays festivals? Large crowds braved the 30-degree evening to watch Orson Welles' 1941 classic Citizen Kane in the Botanical Gardens last night as the popular program of events finished.

It remains one of the more shameful skeletons in Hollywood's closet that the creator of "Citizen Kane" - largely regarded as the greatest film ever made - was persona non grata in Tinseltown for most of his career.

London, Jan 24 : The seven-decade long feud between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over the movie 'Citizen Kane' seems to be ending as the newspaper baron's family has consented to show the film at Hearst Castle.

Orson Welles' 1941 Oscar for Best Screenplay for "Citizen Kane" sits on display at Sotheby's in New York.

While the V&A is ever the place to move with the times, it values its traditions and knows what it does best.

This Sept. 28, 2001 file photo shows "La Cuesta Encantada," The Enchanted Hill, the legendary home now best known as Hearst Castle, built by publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst in San Simeon, Calif.