EDITORIAL
Of Peaches and Tomatoes.
For decades, many critics and film scholars thought Orson Welles' 1941 film was hands-down the Best Movie Ever Made. Accordingly, the black-and-white drama's 100 percent "Fresh" score on Rotten Tomatoes has likewise long reflected that honor. But not anymore. The ranking slip is due to a single negative review that was recently unearthed by Rotten Tomatoes as part of the site's Archival Project, which focuses on resurrecting critics and publications of the past and adding archived reviews to classic films. The critic apparently didn't put their real name on the piece, but used the common-at-the-time pseudonym Mae Tinée (say it aloud). Here are some movies that — by the rules of Rotten Tomatoes gladiatorial review ranking combat — are officially Better Than Citizen Kane by virtue of having perfect 100 percent scores along with at least 40 reviews: The Terminator, Toy Story, Paddington 2, Before Sunrise, Man on Wire...
Have a safe week and a pleasant Friday night at the movies,
Jean Constant
A box office revival in Asia could foreshadow a major moviegoing return in the U.S. and other markets. Asia’s just ahead of the curve in terms of reopening,” Imax CEO Richard Gelfond told Variety. “In China and Japan the box office results are consistent with pre-pandemic levels, if not better. That suggests that where people feel safe to return to movies, there’s a lot of pent-up demand.”... 