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255 - Citizen Kane & Mank

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Dec 9, 2020

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To mark the release of David Fincher's latest film 'Mank' where 1930's Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane with reviews of the 1941 classic and the Netflix original.

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Dec 9, 2020

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