1941 | USA | NR | 119 min.
It has almost become a cliché—we take it for
granted that “Citizen Kane” is one of the greatest
films of all time. But when you stop and
actually watch it, for the twentieth time or for
the first, it’s truly like witnessing the cinema being
born anew. At the tender age of 25, Orson
Welles crafted this towering masterpiece about
publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, a man
who stopped at nothing in his ruthless pursuit
of power—even when it cost him everything he
loved. With its iconic deep-space cinematography,
innovative use of sound and lighting, and
intricately structured narrative, this is a film
of such staggering genius, such ravishing brilliance,
and such dazzling virtuosity that you owe
it to yourself to experience it on the big screen,
at the greatest theater in the world—with Welles’
daughter Beatrice in attendance, no less! In Person:
Beatrice Welles.