Circa 1928, the famously bemonocled, infamously dictatorial director (directator?) Fritz Lang hit a rough patch in his career. His classic-to-be Metropolis had nearly bankrupted its parent studio, UFA ...

Fritz Lang’s “You and Me” (1938) “confounded audience expectations at the time of its release,” a breathless scribe at Powerhouse Films writes. Some 80 years later, one suspects that it will do much ...

At the time of its release, though, ‘Scarlet Street’ was banned in some parts for fear that ‘it would tend to corrupt morals or incite to crime.’ You know who else didn’t like the movie? Its star: ...

Interview with Fritz Lang on the roof of Villa Malaparte on Capri during the filming of the fictitious film "Odysseus" and the filming of "Contempt" by Jean-Luc Godard, in which Fritz Lang plays the ...

Katherine ‘Kitty’ March (Joan Bennett) and Christopher Cross (Edgar G. Robinson) in Fritz Lang’s Scarlet Street (image courtesy Library of Congress) The two-year MFA Design program offers students ...

No one could accuse Fritz Lang of neglecting his homework while shooting his final movie of the cinematic decade he’d helped to define. To heighten the authenticity of silent film Woman in the Moon ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Beyond paying homage to his mentor, Rintaro’s decision to name the film “Metropolis” is bold, ...