Fritz Lang’s excellent sequel to his silent epic Dr. Mabuse The Gambler (which I’ve not yet seen) sees the eponymous master criminal incarcerated in a mental asylum, where he perpetually scribbles plans for further crimes. When these crimes begin to come true, an assortment of doctors, detectives and professors attempt to solve the riddle. A […] Read more »
Fritz Lang’s moody, expressionistic film-noir adaptation of the a War-Time novel by Graham Greene is filled with Kafakasque paranoia and is, in every way a compelling marriage of German and American styles of film-making from the early 20th century. The Criterion Collection Blu-Ray edition is magnificent, restoring the picture to it’s original sheen and giving […] Read more »