I admire Citizen Kane, but it's the later films I really love.

I think The Trial may be the first of Welles' films I have loved, as opposed to appreciated or enjoyed. It is entirely itself; it doesn't feel like any kind of compromise; and it's one of the best page-to-screen adaptations I have ever seen, in that it feels at all times like Kafka's novel without ever feeling confined by it. I still need to see Chimes at Midnight and F for Fake.