For many, Citizen Kane (dir. Orson Welles, 1941) is one of the best - if not the best - films ever made. With Mank, a feature that might woo the Oscars Academy next year, David Fincher creates both a time machine, throwing us in the midst of a Golden-Age Hollywood, as well as a microscope that investigates the process behind the creation of this iconic film. At the center of its attention lies, of course, Herman Mankiewicz - or Mank, in short, a screenwriter whose career is on the rocks due to his alcoholism, but especially due to his sharp tongue when addressing the era’s kingpins.

Ștefan Dobroiu

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Born in Piteşti, Romania, in 1980, Ştefan is a graduate from the University of Bucharest, with a degree in Journalism and Communication Sciences. After trying his hand with financial journalism and photography (the latter still being very close to his heart), he put his career on a new path in 2006, when he became the senior editor of Cinemagia. He is also the Romania and Bulgaria correspondent for Cineuropa.org. At Films in Frame he recommends monthly the newest film trailers.

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