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Review: In Mank, David Fincher tells his version of the story behind Citizen Kane

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David Fincher marks his feature film Netflix debut with Mank, a biopic about the man who co-wrote Citizen Kane. It’s more interesting than it sounds, and his loosest effort yet, writes Christopher Smol. Can one word explain a whole life? Citizen Kane is structured around that question, and the answer is “not really”. Lives are … Read more

A New Zealand website is changing the way the world talks about movies

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Out of an office on Queen Street, the film buffs’ social network Letterboxd has thrown the rules out the window, attracting a young, progressive global base of users redefining what ‘good’ and ‘bad’ film is. New Zealand’s back in level one, and cinemas are back in action. Ish. Productions around the globe have locked down … Read more