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, ...

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...

City Lights

Buster Keaton may be the greatest of the silent clowns, but Charlie Chaplin is the most enduringly popular, and for good reason. No one, bef...

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Has there ever been an acting performance like Renée Jeanne Falconetti's in The Passion of Joan of Arc . Quite possibly the best and mos...