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By Tony Medley (1,109) for Tolucan Times (639) on 10 Dec 2014

an absorbing, riveting look at a complex man who has become a Hollywood legend…

Review of Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)

By Robert Abele (1,309) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 10 Dec 2014

Magician may not be its own rich experience, but like Workman's many breathlessly compiled odes to the history of movies, it'll certainly spur…

Review of Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)

By Jeannette Catsoulis (1,537) for The New York Times (9,847) on 09 Dec 2014

Like one of those machines that can inhale a car and spit out a tidy cube of squashed components, Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of…

Review of Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)

By Dennis Harvey (1,137) for Variety (12,700) on 09 Dec 2014

While little here will be news to cineastes, the mix of interviews and archival footage…

Review of Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)

By Keith Uhlich (870) for AV Club (2,778) on 09 Dec 2014

It’s enough for Workman to simply assemble a patchwork of Welles in his myriad incarnations (as the hearty Falstaff in Chimes At Midnight;…

Review of Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)

By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 09 Dec 2014

Magician adopts a lively, energetic approach in the worthy service of engaging the interest of viewers perhaps unfamiliar with Welles' life and work…

Review of Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)

By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Village Voice (8,525) on 09 Dec 2014

Sturdy and rudimentary, Magician may be Welles 101, but it's dotted liberally with TV and radio clips of the famously loquacious auteur talking,…

Review of Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)

By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 06 Dec 2014

Director Chuck Workman's simply compiles Welles's greatest moments, offering little in the way of an authorial point of view…

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