On this weekend in 1919, Benjamin Mays and Bates friends went to see a movie in Lewiston. Afterwards, they ran back to campus, fearing for their safety. Professor Charles Nero helps explain what happened.
Published Apr 28, 2021 Updated Apr 28, 2021, 1:26 pm CDT
Citizen Kane is largely considered to be the greatest movie ever made, a distinction it’s held for decades, but has it been knocked off its perch as the greatest movie ever by an unlikely and entirely wholesome contender? Advertisement Hide
If you put any weight into the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the answer might be a resounding yes. Earlier this week, a Twitter user noticed that
Citizen Kane, Orson Welles’ 1941 masterpiece about the rise and fall of a newspaper titan, which used to have a perfect rating on Rotten Tomatoes, was now at 99%. Meanwhile,