Fritz Lang

New theater takes a bold step with 'The Adding Machine'

Complacency is the chief sin, according to Elmer Rice's "The Adding Machine," in which an everyman named Mr. Zero squanders his potential. That's not an offense one can accuse newly founded New Century Theatre of.

The Baader Meinhof Complex, Uli Edel, 149 mins, 18

One really hates to stereotype people, especially German terrorists. Still, you won't be surprised to learn that there's very little humour to be found in The Baader Meinhof Complex, either in the film itself or its...

A new industrial age

California-based Motoart had what he was after. They buy up junked aircraft - everything from WWII fighter planes to modern jet parts - and transform them into furniture: desks, tables, even sofas. The former sits in Hill's...

Darryl F. Zanuck

The Man Who Invented 20th Century Fox Darryl F. Zanuck (1902-1979) was born with a great talent: He knew how to run a movie studio and produce classic films. For more than 40 years Darryl F. Zanuck was one of the most...

Latest programme includes Babylonian art and TV's Survivors

This week Review looks at the new thriller movie Body of Lies and the new TV series Survivors. Undeterred by recent poor box office returns for films about the war on terror, Ridley Scott bases his latest film in Amman, where...

10 Years of Rialto Pictures (10-Disc Box Set)

Highly Recommended THE MOVIES: Reader's Note: Some of these reviews are shorter versions of longer pieces I have written either here at DVD Talk or at my own Criterion-centric blog, Criterion Confessions. Though a portion of...

Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist

Legit Reviews: Glendale's adventurous A Noise Within applies a nakedly theatrical, two-planks-and-a-passion treatment to Neil Bartlett's "Oliver Twist" adaptation, accruing a remarkable degree of the novel's narrative force....

The Best and Worst Movies About the Internet

Besides revolutionizing communication for the masses, the Internet has inspired the imaginations of filmmakers worldwide--with wildly divergent results. Here's one film buff's list of the five best and five worst Net-related...

A building with an energy all its own

JAY SOMERSET Globe and Mail Update Fritz Lang likely never dreamed of this for his futuristic city in Metropolis: Offices and retail centres that harness the earth, wind, sun – and even people – to generate energy for their own...

Paramount Centennial Collection :: Sunset Boulevard, Roman Holiday, Sabrina (DVD Review)

by Ed Tapper EDGE Contributor When issuing their classic films on DVD, studios have developed the annoying habit of continually re-releasing them with new, additional supplements. One of the best commentaries is that of Peter...

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