Orson Welles

It happened only once: the celebration (in addition to the annual 1981 Golden Globe Awards) of one personality outside a Golden Globes gala. But what a personality it was — the actor, radio host, screenwriter, voiceover artist, producer, theater impresario, and film director Orson Welles.

Cinematic anti-heroes have long been an entertainment staple. Think classic characters like Orson Welles’ Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane (1941), Malcolm McDowell’s Alex DeLarge, a Golden Globe Nominee for Best Picture-Drama, A Clockwork Orange (1971), and, more recently, the Golden Globe Winning TV Drama Breaking Bad’s protagonist Walter White (played by Bryan Cranston), a mild-mannered, middle school teacher pivoted to the perilous world of big-time drug dealing.

Film festivals can sometimes be magical playgrounds for cinephiles. Just in the first couple of days in Venice screenings included crowd pleasing love stories like A Star Is Born, a lyrical black and white autobiography like Roma, a smart period palace intrigue like Favourite from Yorgos Lanthimos and a psycho-political meta horror from Luca Guadagnino: Suspiria.