Features
Monday, August 15 2011
The 100 Essential Directors Part 5: Derek Jarman to Mike Leigh
Mid-way through our series, Day 5 is a glorious mishmash of international auteurist cinema. Today we go from saints and sinners, from Brookyln to Britain, from the beginning of time to the Dystopian future, and around the world and beyond.
Thursday, January 6 2011
The Best DVDs of 2010
As the medium continues to struggle with significance in the steady "streaming" of the 21st Century, here are PopMatters' picks for the best the format(s) have to offer.
Reviews
Thursday, December 2 2010
If There Was Ever a Movie That Deserved This Degree of Re-examination, It's Metropolis
The story of Metropolis' 2010 restoration is as complicated -- full of mistaken identities and made harder by bureaucratic machinery -- as the film itself. In its Blu-Ray release, Bruce Bennett sheds light on how the newest restoration came to be.
Thursday, October 26 2006
Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler (Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler)
Dr. Mabuse sits at the center of a vast web of criminal enterprise, manipulating international fortunes, overseeing a counterfeiting operation and an unknown number of murderers and thieves.
Blogs
Friday, December 2 2011
Not Silent Anymore: 'Giorgio Moroder Presents Metropolis': Special Edition
Even from the depths of the 80s, the heart still mediates between the head and the hands.
