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Slade in Flame at 50: Noddy Holder, Tom Conti and director Richard Loncraine on the “Citizen Kane of British rock movies”
30 Apr 2025 16:12 GMT
… , running-around type of movie. What they got instead … to do a hard-hitting movie, something that we thought … Film critic Mark Kermode memorably called it “the Citizen Kane of British rock movies … or Andrea Arnold than Orson Welles. A wistful canal-side …
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The one film Quentin Tarantino always “recommended to everybody”
30 Apr 2025 16:25 GMT
… chest for suggesting that Citizen Kane offers more culturally than … love: telling people what movies to watch. Tarantino topped … promoted beyond your local movie nut shouting their five … ’s greatest filmmakers and certainly its greatest movie lover, Quentin …
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'I had to train with pigeons!' Slade legend reveals wild truth behind the 'Citizen Kane of rock movies';
29 Apr 2025 10:34 GMT
Slade legend Noddy Holder has revealed the behind the scenes secrets to the film "Slade in Flame" as the iconic rock movie returns to cinemas to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Originally released in January 1975, Slade in Flame stars Noddy …
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Five awful debut movies from legendary directors
29 Apr 2025 23:40 GMT
… park with their debut films: think Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir … to debut with a great movie. Sometimes, filmmakers who go on to … improved over time.
Making a film is hard enough at the …
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Steven Spielberg says The Godfather is the greatest American film ever… Do you agree?
29 Apr 2025 13:34 GMT
… insists upon itself, but the film is widely considered one of … me, is the greatest American film ever made. Many artists … (along with Lawrence of Arabia, Citizen Kane and The Searchers) as quintessential … his respect for his fellow Movie Brat, he added, “When …
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Richard E Grant names his four favourite movies
29 Apr 2025 05:46 GMT
… what are Grant’s favourite movies of all time? The ones … it all. The first two movies in the series are widely … the greatest movies of all time, although the third film, released in … Wise, who notably edited Citizen Kane, the film is noted as one of …
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Why film and TV creators will still risk it all for the perfect long take shot
27 Apr 2025 20:39 GMT
… type of reverence among film enthusiasts, with countless online … likely began with Citizen Kane (1941). In this film, screen reality … itself is manipulated, as director Orson Welles … up the ante from Welles, something the director did …
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Hollywood goes to Washington: US presidents in movies
27 Apr 2025 05:45 GMT
… still waiting for the definitive movie about President Donald Trump … events?
The definitive Trump movie can wait. In the … Bush film. Hopkins' performance was acclaimed, but the movie bombed … ll miss it appearance in Citizen Kane, and who can forget …
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A New Biopic Challenges the Illusions of Fame
30 Apr 2025 14:01 GMT
… groundbreaking as “Citizen Kane,” a film that reimagined what movies could do and … our false selves. Like Orson Welles’ Charles Foster Kane, Williams … personas they created.
If “Citizen Kane” was about the mythos of … why we go to the movies in the first place — …
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Hiroshige: artist of the open road at the British Museum: 'spellbinding and cinematic'
28 Apr 2025 12:42 GMT
… like a prototype for film language, surely one Orson Welles took for Citizen Kane.