The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Directed by: Orson Welles
Starring: Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead, Anne Baxter, Joseph Cotton, Dolores Costello
Rated: NR (Suggested PG for Thematic Material)
Running Time: 1 h 28 m
TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Directing, Writing, Acting, Cinematography, Story
WEAKNESSES: Last Five Minutes
A spoiled young child of a wealthy family comes between his widowed mother and the man she always loved.
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The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
Directed by: Orson Welles
Starring: John Huston, Oja Kodar, Peter Bogdanovich
Rated: R
Running Time: 2 h 2 m
TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Unapologetically Art House, Frenetic Editing, Acting
WEAKNESSES: More Style than Substance
A mockumentary about the last day of an aging eccentric film director struggling to put together his latest film.
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F is for Fake (1973)
Directed by: Orson Welles
Starring: Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Francois Reichenbach
Rated: PG (does include nudity)
Running Time: 1h 29m
TMM Score: 3 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Editing, Writing
WEAKNESSES: Subject
In this pseudo documentary of sorts, director and pontificator, Orson Welles guides the viewer through a series of stories meant as a meditation on the nature of truth, falsehood, and art, focusing on painters, forgers, biographers.
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