Orson Welles News

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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