The Complete Mr. Arkadin (1955) 1.33:1 (Full Frame) Dolby Digital Monaural The Criterion Collection, $49.95 In 1955, Orson Welles foreshadowed the coming of the French New Wave with Mr. Arkadin, a movie that combines disparate genres with wit and...

The Complete Mr. Arkadin Mr. Arkadin (A.K.A. Confidential Report): Written and directed by Orson Welles; starring Orson Welles, Robert Arden, Akim Tamiroff, Mischa Auer and Michael Redgrave. Three-disc special edition DVD set, B&W, 1955. A Criterion Collection release, distributed by Image Entertainment,...

Emilio Ruiz del Rio, the award-winning Spanish set decorator and visual and special effects wizard who worked on such films as "Dr. Zhivago," "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Pan's Labyrinth," has died, a hospital official said Sunday. He was 84.Ruiz del Rio died of respiratory failure...

Of course, even bad Welles is absorbing cinema; but how can one so praise a filmmaker without sounding condescending? The point is that [in Mr. Arkadin] Welles has a film that holds one's interest continually and yet is disappointing and embarrassing. This film is all technique and bravura and theatricality, but is utterly lacking in significance. It is a kind of decadence, with over-decorated sets, over-busy camera, over-characterized characters from Welles' grab-bag of international types. B...