Citizen Kane continues to sit atop the lists of greatest movies ever made when that list is compiled by critics and/or filmmakers. When the list is created by moviegoers, not so much. While I admire Orson Welles’ debut masterpiece, not only do I disagree with its ultimate positioning atop these lists, but I would argue ...
Cult movies come with their own superlatives. This is the sexiest, that’s the weirdest. This one’s the funniest, that one’s the smartest. As for “Pink Flamingos,” it happily wears the crown of the grossest. This camp-trash epic (found on DVD and streaming video) is not for the faint of stomach. Back in the early ’70s, ...
The fact that the music of films often has powerful effects on its audience is undisputed. Careful examination of the reasons behind these effects, however, has been largely ignored. We tend to compare previously unassociated dramatic pieces we hear to film music – but what piece cannot be compared to film music nowadays? Every pre-composed ...
In a surprising turn of events, the poll conducted by Sight and Sound to vote for the best movies of all time resulted in a new first place winner. More than 1000 critics, programmers, academics, distributors and writers voted on the movies. For the first time in 50 years, “Citizen Kane” fell from the top ...
