(Read part one here .) Best Heartstring-Tugging Child Let's just go back to the first truly great child performance in movies, Jackie...

Did you know it was Peter Lorre's birthday? Well, now you do. This is what I wrote about him previously, in my review of Fritz Lang...

You know, the more I think about it, the more I realize that James Cagney's performance in The Public Enemy was some sort of line in th...

Picture: City Lights (prod. Charles Chaplin) Actor: Charles Chaplin ( City Lights ) Actress: Marlene Dietrich ( Morocco ) Director: Fri...

The results are in from this week's Monkey Movie poll, Who would you choose as best director of 1930-31? Fritz Lang who directed Peter ...

This is a public domain copy of M made available through the Internet Movie Database, so if you don't want to spring for the two-disc C...

[To read part one of this essay, click here .] M : The Unseen Horror Fritz Lang's M is a masterpiece of psychology, not just the psycho...

He spent his entire professional life playing mad scientists, sinister criminals and oily little weasels, his goggle-eyes and oft-imitated r...