CITIZEN KANE...next week!

Orson Welles' 1941 "metaphysical detective story" CITIZEN KANE has been consistently voted the very best film ever made in the Sight and Sound poll of film critics in each of the last five polls starting with the 1962 poll (the survey is carried out once every ten years). Influential critic Roger Ebert says that "The Sight and Sound poll is generally considered the most authoritative of all 'best film' lists". He also considers KANE the best film ever.

The film--Welles' directorial debut--is also listed as the greatest American film ever by the American Film Institute.

The central story of the film is told principally through flashbacks, following a reporter as he seeks to find what Kane meant by his dying word: "Rosebud." The journalist's mission of retrieving the meaning of Kane's final word leads him in the end to conclude that a man's life cannot be summed up in one word, and (as he picks up pieces of a jigsaw puzzle) that Rosebud is a "missing piece" in his life...in effect, the movie is made up of fragments of Kane's life, shown in non-chronological order, for the viewer to put together.

So get ready...you're about to see CITIZEN KANE for the first time. You'll never forget it!