In an era where special effects are common place, it’s startling to go back and see how filmmakers from a different era built fantastical worlds without so much as a pixel. One of the most staggering ...

Metropolis is, without a doubt, my favorite movie. The 1927 Fritz Lang film has been influencing pop culture for decades, and is still one of the most celebrated films of all time. If you've never ...

"Metropolis," Fritz Lang's freaky, futuristic man vs. machines masterpiece, has the most jumbled running-time history. Few films have been subjected to so many reissues, rereleases, re-cuts and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mary becomes the human machineHorst von Harbou/Deutsche Kinemathek Flying vehicles glide between towering glass-and-steel facades, ...

A new definitive version of Fritz Lang’s masterpiece Metropolis is set to premiere next Friday in Germany. Rumors have been swirling for some time now about a possible restoration of the original edit ...

"Metropolis" (1927) shaped modern sci-fi cinema with its depictions of futuristic cities, AI fears and class struggle. We explore the film's influence and why it still shapes visions of the future ...

A complete version of Fritz Lang’s silent film classic Metropolis was discovered in Argentina in June. Long believed lost in its complete form, the 1927 masterpiece has until now only been available ...

In 1927, Fritz Lang’s Metropolis premiered in Berlin, accompanied by majestic symphonic music written by composer Gottfried Huppertz, one of the first orchestral works specially composed for films ...

First it was the sci-fi classic, The Day the Earth Stood Still, now it is the original sci-fi movie, Metropolis, that's getting an entirely unnecessary remake. German producer Thomas Schuehly (The ...

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, ...

Born in Vienna in 1890, director Fritz Lang was a formidable presence in life as on the screen. A journalist once described him as “a noble Roman ruin of a man.” Barrel-chested, silver-haired, with ...