Ep 29 - Citizen Kane

“Rosebud…”

This week we finally tackle the monolith itself: Citizen Kane. Long hailed as the greatest film ever made, Welles’ debut arrives with a mountain of reputation and a century’s worth of film-school baggage. We dig into the myth of Kane as a “perfect” film, the innovations that still impress, and the moments that feel more like homework than revelation. From deep‑focus shots to fractured timelines, from newspaper empires to lonely palaces, we ask whether the legend enhances the film or gets in the way of actually watching it.