
Revenge of the Has-Been
Mank is no documentary but a semifactual yarn that burnishes the legend of the showboat, nasty wit, and habitual roisterer who wrote Citizen Kane.
Mank
a film written by Jack Fincher and directed by David Fincher
The Brothers Mankiewicz: Hope, Heartbreak, and Hollywood Classics
by Sydney Ladensohn Stern
January 14, 2021 issue