Citizen Kane
Even though Citizen Kane is well-known to everyone, I believe that many potential viewers are turned off by its reputation for being a masterpiece of cinema. That’s too bad because it’s fantastic. That’s OK. It is not only breathtakingly beautiful to look at, with stylistic and technological innovations that are still impressive today, but it’s also quirky, funny, and remains impressively timely in its portrait of an American whose idealistic youth curdles in the presence of his own growing power and wealth (and a media magnate whose interest in the truth wanes over time).
Citizen Kane
Casablanca
Casablanca is a byproduct of Hollywood’s golden period; it is undoubtedly a polished film, which makes it simple to underestimate. There is nothing in this film that doesn’t work perfectly, with off-the-charts chemistry among all the principal characters, not just Bogart and Bergman. This includes the opening pursuit through the streets of the namesake city and the tragic and always memorable ending. Its ambiguities, which take place in an underworld where people might occasionally act morally upright but aren’t always, make it even greater.
Casablanca
