The Trial (with writer Josh Karp)

Published: Jan. 25, 2016, 1:02 a.m.

b"Our first screening of 2016 is Orson Welles's at times overlooked classic,\\xa0The Trial.\\xa0Adapted from Franz Kafka\\u2019s dark novel about alienation, bureaucracy, and the fundamental question of freewill.\\xa0The Trial stars Anthony Perkins in a role every bit as compelling as his star turn in Psycho and features Welles\\u2019s trademark kinetic cinematography which perfectly captures the terror of faceless institutional authority. Read Richard Brody's New Yorker article on The Trial here.This was our first screening at the wonderful Electric Palace Cinema in Hastings.The episode features an interview with Josh Karp who recently published an exquisite book on the crazy saga of Welles's final, incomplete film,\\xa0The Other Side Of The Wind.\\xa0Find information on the book here.Read a review from RogerEbert.com here."