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In this documentary, Mark Cousins uncovers the director’s charmingly boyish but skilful sketches and paintings
Orson Welles’s valedictory film about a film-maker struggling to finish a film has been completed at last
A fascinating documentary that explores Welles’s gift for drawing and sketching
Lecture to Oxford Alumni Festival; Oxford university, September 16 2017
Danny Leigh picks his books of the year so far
A new awareness of the intimacy of radio have recently transformed poetry
The TV executive and presenter on the collapse of Kids Company, resigning his role at the BBC and how Orson Welles used to steal his dinner
A multi-volume biography is growing to proportions that its strong-willed subject would have found fitting
An appropriately mercurial documentary about the filmmaker and actor
More than 60 years after the film’s release, the landmarks that appear in it still attract legions of fans
As the film classic is re-released, assistant director Guy Hamilton talks about being helped by good fortune — and hindered by Orson Welles
The US directors were visionaries who took on the system. Two new documentaries chart their careers
This half-theatrical, half-musical double-header was an unexpected success
Richard Mellon Scaife, publisher and political donor, 1932-2014
Three great film directors offer a glimpse into the complex life and work of the auteur
One way to remember Rich is as flawed champion of free markets
In most cases the tycoons are wicked but they are also the most dynamic characters
A fine comic crew has been assembled for Philip Breen’s revival
Did Todd Solondz say it all too early? His latest film ‘Dark Horse’ boasts brilliant moments but has under-wowed critics and audiences
The need now is for fairer and properly enforced rules
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