The General

A (mostly) accurate account of the theft of The General, a Civil War locomotive, is a solid representation of slapstick comedies of the silent era.

Metropolis

Metropolis is the story of a wealthy family, Joh Frederson and his son Freder, in control of the labor that makes the city function.

The Battle of Algiers

The Battle Algiers tells the story of the revolution in Algiers as neutrally as possible, and they did a pretty good job.

Mirror

This film is a memory and a dream. It is a series of stressed chain links holding up a piano that dangles over the viewer.

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Sometimes I sit down and watch a film with some preconceived notions of what will entertain me. I had watched the first twenty-odd minutes of The Passion of Joan of Arc several months ago, before I started working through the films on the Sight and Sound list, and I cannot say that I was really […]

Seven Samurai

The film is about the seven samurai that help a small village to withstand an onslaught by bandits. It is one of finest films ever made.

Pierrot le Fou

Pierrot le Fou is about an asshole who is so unhappy in his marriage he decides he is better off running away with a babysitter to write a novel.

Le Mepris

I have no idea where to start when considering Le Mepris. Jean-Luc Godard has challenged me again. I suppose that may be the point of the film, though. Le Mépris (or Contempt) is a 1963 film by Jean-Luc Godard starring Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, and Fritz Lang and is a film adapting a […]

Gertrud

The film follows Gertrud and her experiences of falling in love with a young musician named Erland Janssen and chooses to leave her husband.

L’Avventura

The film captures a love affair between Claudia and Sandro after the disappearance of Anna who goes missing while vacationing on a yacht.