MOVIE · 2020

Mank

ComedyDrama133 min

As Herman J. Mankiewicz holes up to finish the screenplay that will become Citizen Kane, 1930s Hollywood comes back into focus through his scathing wit and unsteady recollections. Gary Oldman is Mank, an alcoholic screenwriter racing Orson Welles’s deadline while revisiting studio power, newspaper influence, and old alliances. Amanda Seyfried threads through that world as the film moves between the room where Mank writes and the parties, backlots, and private deals that shaped his view of the industry. Directed by David Fincher and shot in black and white, Mank frames old Hollywood as both memory piece and battleground.