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Citizen Kane

We should stop calling Orson Welles's CITIZEN KANE (1941) "the best film of all-time" because, I fear, it makes new viewers disinclined to seek it out. This is not art that you must endure in order to check off a box on your Cultural Awareness To-Do List. Rather, it's a highly watchable piece of popular entertainment constructed with flawless artistry. And Joseph Cotten's in it, which is a huge plus. (9/18/11 on TCM)