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You may notice something a little odd about the most recent review posted on this site. For one it is a review of Citizen Kane, which was made in 1941. This may cause you to ask yourself: Isn’t this a site that reviews new movies?

The answer to that question is yes, but there seems to be more to it. Today marks the first installment of what we here at Film School Rejects like to call The Vault. The Vault is a new feature that puts the skills of our crack staff of writers to the test. Each week we will review one film from deep within the realm of Hollywood history. We will be taking on some of the most heralded classics ever, which means that if you are under the age of 30 they will probably be a bunch of films that you have never seen. Sounds cool, right? We know.

So what is the point of all this. Aside from helping us continue to sharpen our skills as film critics (and filling space when we run out of reviews) we hope to shed some new light on some older films that, while not forgotten by any means, are not often talked about. If we can bring the likes of Citizen Kane or Nosferatu to a younger generation, then it is as if we are doing a public service to all film buffs. And we feel that our duty to our readers is to continue to inspire a love of all things film, and this is just another way we plan to accomplish that.

So without further ado we present you with Vault review #1: Citizen Kane, written by Matthew Alexander. No list of great classics would be complete without the film that some say ushered in modern cinema. Highly regarded as one of the best films of all time, Kane changed more than the face of modern film, it defined it. But I will let Mr. Alexander explain the rest…

Keep us bookmarked and come back every Friday afternoon for another installment of The Vault.

Enjoy!