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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

There's a huge debate about A.I. in the art world right now. Most often it is exploiting existing art made by talented people, but sometimes it can produce some interesting results. This colorized 4K ...

On Sept. 11, 2002, many of us New Yorkers spent the day contemplating a skyline robbed of its most potent symbols, which were also meant as symbols of the towering dominance of world capitalism. By ...

There's no debate: Fritz Lang's Metropolis is the most influential science fiction film ever made. To watch it now is to constantly think, "Oh, so that’s where that came from." The sets, costumes, ...

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 ...