‘It’s All True’ book launch set for Brazil conference
Catherine Benamou’s exhaustively researched “It’s All True: Orson Welles’s Pan-American Odyssey” was first published by University of California Press in 2007.
Watch: ‘Orson Welles Talks With Roger Hill’ video
Culled from six hours of footage shot in Sedona, Arizona, in June 1978, the 62-minute documentary was first screened at the Locarno Film Festival in 2005.
‘Orson Welles: Warrior of the Worlds’ goes maverick
After a lengthy delay, the trade paperback graphic novel “Orson Welles: Warrior of the Worlds” will be independently published and finally available for sale.
University of Michigan digitizes ‘War of the Worlds’ mail
The University of Michigan Library has digitized, transcribed and categorized more than 1,300 fan letters sent in response to the 1938 broadcast of Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds.”
James Pepper gifts Orson Welles trove to Academy
Bookseller James Pepper has donated a trove of Orson Welles rarities to the Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills.
‘Macbeth’ rules at BAM in April
A 35mm print of Orson Welles’ adaptation of “Macbeth” with the original “Scottish burr” soundtrack will be screened on April 12 and 17 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
‘Moby Dick – Rehearsed’ to be staged in Rome
“Moby Dick – Rehearsed,” a Wellesian adaptation of the Herman Melville novel, is being staged at the Theatre Vascello in Rome some 70 years after its London debut.
‘Giant’ pledges radically new look at Orson Welles
Macmillan Publishers is set to release the hardcover graphic novel “The Giant: Orson Welles, The Artist and the Shadow” on May 6, 2025, the 110th anniversay of the filmmaker’s birth.
‘Third Man’ surfaces as lavish 4K SteelBook
Lionsgate Limited’s bonus features are quite similar to those found on the European set released by StudioCanal Vintage Classics last year.
Veteran actor Peter Jason dies at 80
Peter Jason’s career stretched from “Rio Lobo” to the popular HBO series “Deadwood and included Orson Welles’ “The Other Side of the Wind.”
Orson Welles narrated doc on Henry Hudson now online
“Henry Hudson’s River” was honored with an Emmy Award, Cine Golden Eagle and Grand Prix at the Houston International Film Festival.
Orson Welles, a donkey cart and a tour of Ireland
The latest issue of “Ireland’s Own” magazine features an account of teenage Orson Welles traveling around the west of Ireland with a donkey and cart.