Orson Welles Studio in Zagreb being refurbished
Re-envisioned as a versatile venue for events, conferences, and orchestral recording projects, the studio is being restored with careful attention to its original 1950s character.
Netflix acquiring Warner Bros. and its classic films for $82B
Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. have entered into a definitive agreement under which Netflix will acquire Warner Bros., whose film library includes “Citizen Kane” and “The Magnificent Ambersons.”
Florence Orson Welles retrospect in final weeks
“Orson Welles – Deception, Unfilmed Dreams and Screen Revolution” — a three-month film retrospective — is entering its final weeks at Cinema La Compagnia.
Bed bugs bite into Paris tribute to Orson Welles
Amid its three-month salute to Orson Welles, the Cinémathèque Française announced that it will temporarily close its theaters following complaints from patrons about bed bugs.
Joseph McBride shares insights in new memoir
Film historian Joseph McBride’s talks with Wellesnet about his latest book, “I Loved Movies, But…”, a memoir he co-wrote with interviewer Danny Peary. It is now available from Sticking Place Books.
Assistant selling off rare Orson Welles scripts
Terry Putz is selling her collection through Heritage Auctions as part of its Hollywood Entertainment Signature Auction #7433, which runs through December 10, 2025.
‘Touch of Evil’ 35mm print to be screened at Yale
Yale University will screen the 1998 reconstruction of Orson Welles’ “Touch of Evil’ as part of its Treasures from the Yale Film Archive series on November 14.
Dorothy Thompson defense of Orson Welles recalled
Dorothy Thompson, the first American journalist to be kicked out of Nazi Germany, offered a stirring defense of Orson Welles just days after the “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast.
Cue the zither: Third Man Museum celebrates 20th
The Third Man Museum, a labor of love for enthusiasts Gerhard Strassgschwandtner and Karin Höfler, has delighted fans of the Carol Reed-directed film for two decades.
Video: ‘Orson Welles at the Magic Castle’ – Lost TV special
Magician and longtime Orson Welles friend Abb Dickson invited Welles to visit the “Magic Castle,” a Columbia Pictures Pay Television Presentation shown in late 1978.
AI scenes illustrate ‘War of the Worlds’ broadcast
Using stock footage and artificial intelligence-created imagery, filmmaker J.R. Sawyers has created footage to accompany Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast of October 30, 1938.
Orson Welles’ post-mortem on radio career unearthed
Listen to “We the People,” a previously unknown 13-minute recording that sheds considerable light on the end of Orson Welles’ radio career in the U.S.