Reviewing the Classics| Metropolis
Metropolis is a science fiction, feature-length film directed by Fritz Lang, who made several expressionist films in the German movement. His wife, Thea von Harbou, wrote the screenplay. Over the years pieces of it have been lost and found and several versions…
Reviewing the Classics | The King of Kings
Cecil B. DeMille’s depiction of the life of Christ is “a reverent spectacle.” The silent film embodies both piety and theatrics, and features a tranquil Christ in the midst of a melodramatic world. DeMille’s nearly 3-hour epic features scenes and…
Reviewing the Classics| A Trip To The Moon
The science fiction imagination has changed drastically over its long life. From it’s beginnings in the 17th century with Johannes Kepler’s Somnium, a work regarded by many as the first science fiction novel, the genre has evolved as both scientific…