Notes from the Ironbound

While in his interviews Welles claimed that The Stranger made him want to leave studio film-making, he did it one last time with The Lady F...

The Stranger made the most money of any Welles film, and it also happens to be his least favorite of this own works. Knowing him, this shou...

Welles' first film still stands as one of the cornerstones of world cinema. His second film, The Magnificent Ambersons , still stands as...

This scene really hit different this time Orson Welles Spring kicks off with a film so monumental that it seems pretty silly for me to write...

For fourteen years I posted regularly in this spot, but have let things go to seed while I've been concentrating on my Substack, where I...

Last year at this time on my Substack I declared 2023 to be "the year reality died." This year proved my pessimism, as Donald Trum...

I am writing this from New Haven, Connecticut, a place I have some happy memories attached to. I also love a gritty port town, especially on...