Film on the Internet: THE BLUE GARDENIA
Fritz Lang’s The Blue Gardenia feels like film noir poured into a Hays Code corset…
Lang the Mythmaker: METROPOLIS, Part 2
Metropolis continues Die Niebelungen’s temporal mishmash, but what was merely confusing in Niebelungen becomes an…
Lang vs. Von Harbou: James Williams on METROPOLIS
The silent film era persists in the public consciousness mostly as a collection of moments…
Epic Lang: METROPOLIS and DIE NIBELUNGEN
Fritz Lang was an incredibly versatile filmmaker, but he spent much of his career in…
Year of the Month: Son of Griff on THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE
Fritz Lang’s German films are often called “art films” by American critics and exhibitors, largely…
Film on the Internet: METROPOLIS on Netflix
In 1927, Germany was under the rule of the Weimar Republic, a democratic government formed…