Capsule Reviews: While the City Sleeps, Cracking Up, The Kid, Rock of Ages

While the City Sleeps (Fritz Lang, 1956) Fritz Lang's underseen noir blends the yellowest of journalism with King Lear  in a prescient, ...

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[Note: This review has been cross-posted at FRED Entertainment, with a longer section on the specifics of the Criterion Blu-Ray release, its...

Contempt

[Note: I posted a short follow-up to the post that reflects a more positive viewing experience shortly after writing this review. At the ti...

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

Fritz Lang's 1922 silent epic, Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler , solidified the German director as one of the primary movers and shakers of earl...