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  • Citizen Kane (1941)
    Review preview for Citizen Kane

    The story is wonderfully told, and it absorbs the viewer completely.

    James Benefield · 5 out of 5
    Reporters clamour to uncover the secrets of a newspaper tycoon after his demise. Frequently acclaimed as the best film ever made.
  • F For Fake (1973)
    Review preview for F For Fake

    All the time, in between the cape twirling, sly winking and knowing nods, Welles conjures up a central debate - if you look at something and think it is a masterpiece, why is the fake less valuable?

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Fraud, fakes and art.
  • The Immortal Story (1968)
    Review preview for The Immortal Story

    Restricted by budget, and talky and cumbersome in places but bears flashes of brilliance that remind you just who is in control of the action.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Rarely-seen Welles feature about an expat orchestrates a tale of sexual and emotional manipulation.
  • The Trial (1962)
    Review preview for The Trial

    Welles – who felt this was the best movie he ever made – evokes the feeling of menacing, disorientating bureaucracy, of the senselessness of our existence, of inexplicable and inescapable threat.

    Chris · 4 out of 5
    A man wakes up to discover the police want to talk to him, but he has no idea what he's supposed to have done.

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