Citizen Kane was considered a landmark film for it's time in 1941.  Do you feel it holds up to today's movie standards?
It's one-of-a-kind, still considered to be of the best films ever made. For me, it's a toss-up between Kane, Vertigo, and Rules of the Game, maybe L'atalante too.
Vertigo is great, too.  It has been said that it's better than Citizen Kane, but I assume that's to the eye of the beholder.
At that level of filmmaking, it's hard to make objective judgments. We kinda know for sure that Plan 9 from Outer Space doesn't belong in the top ten. But we can't say the same thing about Kane or Vertigo or Rules of the Game.
Very true.  Citizen Kane changed how movies were made.  Have you seen The Other Side of the Wind?
Not yet. Is it still available?
It's available on Netflix.
OK, good, I'll look it up. I also love Welles's later films, especially Touch of Evil and Chimes at Midnight.
Touch of Evil sounds like an interesting movie.  I am not familiar with it.
Oh, watch it as soon as you can! It's terrific. It was critically panned at the time of its release, and