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an exuberant use of camera placement and movement and inventive lighting” (Roger Ebert); and even “his most touching film” (Wesley Morris). 1962, 118 minutes, black and white, 35mm | Written by Orson ...

The final cut of the film was famously taken out of Welles ... Cortez), and has gone on to become one of Welles’s most acclaimed efforts. 1942, 88 minutes, black and white, 35mm | Written by Orson ...

“Sixteen Candles was his directorial debut,” she mentioned. “I had done a few movies … I had actually had more experience but I was still only 15 years old so I didn’t have a lot of life ...

Would that the Orson Krennics of our own world could share the experience. Jim Vorel is Paste’s Movies editor and resident genre geek. You can follow him on Twitter or on Bluesky for more film ...

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Longtime movie critic Mick LaSalle also answers questions about who invented the Chronicle’s Little Man rating system and his favorite film composers. Orson Welles (1915-1985) crafted several historic ...

But he's probably best remembered as Charlie Moran in the 1984 movie The Pope of Greenwich Village. He plays the lead role of a New York waiter in what one viewer described to be "Mickey Rourke at ...

Reports suggest it will be a fantasy film inspired by the 1984 movie The Last Starfighter, a space opera about a video game player recruited to fight an interstellar war against aliens. READ MORE: ...