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As film-lovers mark the anniversary of one of the most acclaimed movies of all time, the HFPA’s Phil Berk reflects on Orson Welles’ masterpieceIn the seventy-five years since Citizen Kane was first shown, no film in history has been discussed and debated more than Orson Welles's masterpiece. For most film scholars, the only mystery of Citizen Kane is not Rosebud, but whether or not Welles actually wrote it.

Dos producciones españolas, el largometraje Psiconautas, los niños olvidados de Pedro Rivero y Alberto Vázquez, y el cortometraje Alike, de Daniel Martínez Lara y Rafa Cano Méndez, consiguieron sendos premios en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Animación de Stuttgart (Alemania). El primero consiguió el premio al mejor largometraje, el llamado Tricksy con la forma de un caballito juguetón, mientras que el segundo obtuvo el premio Tricks for Kids, escogido por y para niños al mejor cortometraje.

In an action-packed weekend filled with big sales and few surprises Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War stormed onto the international scene and posted a huge $200. 2 million from 37 international markets.

“People presume that because of the relatively small number of women who are directors, when a woman directs it's a sexist set,” says Liza Johnson, the director of Elvis & Nixon. The very funny movie depicts the actual meeting of the King and the 37th president and stars Kevin Spacey and Michael Shannon.

Ronit Elkabetz, Golden Globe nominee in 2014 for her movie Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, died of cancer, age 51. A leading force in the Israeli cinema, and also an admired and busy actress in France, her sudden passing brought accolades from around the world.

Universal’s The Huntsman: Winter’s War didn’t bring home enough game as the studio had hoped after a tough first outing at the world box office. This prequel to 2012’s Snow White and The Huntsman, which dropped Kristin Stewart’s Snow White and instead focused on the backstory of Chris Hemsworth’s character, The Huntsman, made just $20.

“No, being a woman does not make it more difficult to direct action sequences,” laughs Susanne Bier, dismissing the possible explanation for why studios and production companies fail to give tentpole projects to women directors. “Directing an action sequence is no different than any other part of visual storytelling.

The upcoming Baywatch movie, starring Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Zack Efron, currently shooting on Tybee Island, Savannah, Georgia, where the HFPA recently interviewed the cast, is a reboot of the former TV series made famous by David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson. David Hasselhoff, 63, primarily known for his leading roles in the TV series Knight Rider (from 1975 to 1982) and Baywatch (from 1990 to 2001), has also joined the ranks of the headliner of such shows as The Simple Life, Gene Simmons: Family Jewels, Keeping up with the Kardashians and, of course, I Am Cait.

The longest-running film noir festival in Los Angeles returns to the Egyptian Theatre, anchored by movies that were restored with funds provided by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.  The Film Noir Foundation's Noir City festival  returned to Hollywood for its 17th annual edition and both the opening and the closing of the festival featured HFPA-funded restorations.

It was only last year that Prince was on the stage of the 72nd Golden Globes, presenting the Best Song award to John Legend and Common for Glory (from the movie Selma). Today the news of his death at age 57 came as a shock to fans worldwide.