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"People will think..." "What I tell them to think!": 5 notes on the ever eerily relevant Citizen Kane (1941)

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November 05, 2020

The scene that comes to mind

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The jigsaw puzzle vs. the explosion: student reactions to Citizen Kane

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November 13, 2011

Citizen Hoover: 7 notes on Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar

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