What many people may not know about me is that I am a huge fan of Fritz Lang's Metropolis. I love the sci-fi genre and have an immense respect for Metropolis, not only for its influences on the genre, ...

Metropolis is a film that is often celebrated by critics for its importance in film history and also for being an incredibly effective and beautiful film too. This praise is entirely justified as ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The opening shots of the restored “Metropolis” are so crisp and clear that they come as a jolt. This poor mistreated masterpiece has been seen until now ...

Eighty-three years after its premiere, Fritz Lang's masterpiece, now restored with 25 minutes of lost footage, is sure to blow all those 3D vehicles and Hollywood franchises out of the water So the ...

It’s often been said that silent films are a lost art twice over. Not only are movies without sound not being made anymore, but many of the classics of the period also no longer physically exist. That ...

The word “restored” has been slapped on so many different films over the years, a moviegoer can hardly be blamed for approaching the latest reissue skeptically. With Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” the full ...

The 2010 Restoration of Metropolis is still in UK cinemas and I can highly recommend seeing it on the big screen as it is a wonderful experience (A list of screenings can be found here). Following ...