Citizen Kane

Rating: 8/10 (10 May 2013)

Opening with a scene of a dying man inside his castle-like estate peering into the winter scene of a snow globe until he drops and and you hear him utter, "Rosebud..." Now, jumping back and forth between flashbacks and present day, reporters are trying to figure out what the last words of the late Charles Foster Kane, a newspaper baron and perhaps the richest man in the world, Orson Welles Citizen Kane (1941) is perhaps one of the most famous movies of all time. Even if you know nothing about the storyline you'll be hard pressed to find someone who hasn't at least heard of Citizen Kane. Through the series of flashbacks, the audience learns how Charles Foster Kane became the richest man in the world, and how he turned his life around after his rise to power basically made him lose himself. One of the greatest artistic works of all time, Citizen Kane is a classic that everyone should see at least once.