Citizen Kane

Routinely listed as one of the best American films in history, Citizen Kane established the future of sound-era filmmaking. Writer-producer-director-star Orson Welles crafts an all-time tale of ruthless newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane in this picture that traces Kane’s meteoric rise and fall. From the motifs of “rosebud” and the snowglobe, to the Academy Award-winning screenplay co-authored by Herman J. Mankiewicz, and the innovative music and cinematography from Bernard Herrmann and Gregg Toland respectively, Citizen Kane is one of the most electrifying film debuts ever.