Director Fritz Lang’s 1927 film, Metropolis is a highly influential silent science fiction masterpiece. Metropolis depicts a highly stylized futuristic city in which a glimmering utopia rests above a dismal underworld wherein nameless laborers toil beneath the streets. Their work powers the towering aristocrats’ life of leisure in the cultured utopia.  Freder is the son of the governor of… Read more

Director Francois Truffaut’s 1959 film, The 400 Blows seems to posit that every child lives their live on the edge of delinquency. Antoine Doinel suffers uncaring parents, and abusive teacher, and poor friends. That being said, Truffaut’s camera in this film captures the energy and optimism of youth with quick paced dolly shots and sweeping pans. Part… Read more