Hitler’s Hollywood
Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945, when the Third Reich collapsed. (A sequel to From Caligari to…
Planet of the Apes
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city’s mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate…
L’Argent
Adapted from the novel L’Argent by Émile Zola, the film portrays the world of banking and the stock market in Paris in the 1920s.
The Love of Jeanne Ney
In the Crimea, the Reds and the Whites aren’t done fighting, and Jeanne discovers that the man she loves is a Bolshevik (when he kills her father). Penniless, she returns…
Metropolis
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city’s mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate…