Citizen Kane has long been acclaimed as a work of genius and endlessly dissected by critics. But a mystery still lies at the heart of this masterpiece. On the eve of Orson Welles's centenary, Peter Bradshaw comes up with his own theory about the film's clinching moment. read more
Gore Vidal once confided, in a review of Frank Brady’s Citizen Welles: A Biography of Orson Welles, that the word “Rosebud” in Citizen Kane was William Randolph Hearst’s name for Marion Davies’s clit: Citizen Kane began a new era in the movies. read more
Citizen Kane and the meaning of Rosebud Citizen Kane has long been acclaimed as a work of genius and endlessly dissected by critics. But a mystery still lies at the heart of this masterpiece. read more
In revisiting Frank Brady's excellent biography, CITIZEN WELLES, I came across this statement that Welles issued to the press in January, 1941, to basically counter the growing impression that Citizen Kane was based on a certain well known newspaper publisher. read more