Topic: Fritz Lang

Newt, a Harsh Moon, and a Mistress

There were two moments in the Republican debate Thursday night that had the potential for real romance, of one sort or the other, and, in each...

Melies, Minnelli and Huppert x 2

Thurs., Jan. 19. . The American Cinematheque kicks off the first night of its Luis Bunuel mini-retrospective with L'Age d'Or, his wildly surrealist...

Bleak but beautiful at Givenchy

First impressions of the Givenchy presentation in Paris weren't hopeful. There's low key and there's low-rent. Like Donatella Versace, Riccardo...

Cannes movie recalls magic of the silent era

CANNES, France (Reuters) - There was loud applause in Cannes on Sunday for "The Artist," a black-and-white, silent movie that recreated the magic of the "pre-talkie" era and brought relief from a relentlessly dark competition lineup.Directed by France's Michel Hazanavicius, The ...
A well-lit fedora casts a long shadow. The sartorial symbol of film noir is still very much in evidence, in heavy rotation on cable specialty...
If you're anticipating a houseful of kids running rampant over Thanksgiving weekend, now's your chance to get a handle on the situation. Most of...

Best theaters for classic films

Film Forum The city's richest repertory programming?ranging from freshly minted 35mm prints of French New Wave favorites to pre-Code Hollywood rarities?is not to be missed. 3. Museum of the Moving Image Even if the programming weren't solid (thankfully ...
Timid, sad sack, bank clerk Christopher Cross (Robinson) rescues a beautiful young woman (Bennett) getting mugged in the street late at night. Chris sets her up in a lavish art studio apartment and moves his own paintings in which she and her ...

Movie review: Contempt

Fritz Lang's little quotation sums up Contempt (1963) and much of Jean-Luc Godard's attitude at that time. Securing the services of Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance and Fritz Lang in an extraordinary performance as himself, the film brought him closer ...
TCM's print of director Fritz Lang's landmark science fiction film is the product of a huge stroke of luck. Included in that negative was a whopping 25 minutes of footage not seen since Metropolis premiered in 1927.. Famed for its ...