Fritz on Fridays Fritz on Fridays: Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild’s Revenge An essential film in the filmography of cinema’s Odysseus
Fritz on Fridays Fritz on Fridays: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse The Testament of Dr. Mabuse is the closest to a Gesamtkunstwerk film that Fritz Lang ever got.
The Odyssey Fritz on Fridays: Lang as Odysseus in Jean-Luc Godard’s Contempt Fritz Lang was cinema’s original Odysseus.
Fritz on Fridays Fritz on Fridays: Destiny My best friend recently told me about the Benadryl Hat Man.
Fritz on Fridays: Voyage to Metropolis Fritz on Fridays: Voyage to Metropolis Cookie-cutter material as far as Blu-ray behind-the-scenes documentaries go.
Fritz on Fridays Fritz on Fridays: Ministry of Fear Fascists being everywhere in (formerly) Allied territory and secret international rings of fucked-up criminal elites no longer feel that farfetched. The clandestine seance of the fascist Mothers of Free Nations members could have taken place on Little St. James or North Fox Island.
Fritz on Fridays Fritz on Fridays: The Science-Fiction Films of Fritz Lang with Ayesha Khan "Metropolis not only brought this to life for the moving pictures, it also stretched the idea of what cinema is about and capable of."
Fritz on Fridays Fritz on Fridays: Secret Beyond the Door On the first Friday of every month, this column by critic Joshua Polanski will feature a short review or essay on a film directed by Fritz Lang (1890-1976), the great Austrian “Master of Darkness.” Occasionally (but not too occasionally), Fritz on Fridays will also feature interviews and conversations with
Fritz on Fridays Fritz on Fridays: The Lost Films of Fritz Lang Like many prolific filmmakers active in the first half of the 20th century, Fritz Lang’s filmography did not make it to the present in its entirety.
Fritz on Fridays Fritz on Fridays: The ‘Secret’ Films in the American Heritage Center Collection There is an entire collection of Fritz Lang-helmed moving pictures fully unadulterated by cinephiles, scholars, historians, programmers and critics. The entire collection is available for free on the internet, too.
Fritz on Fridays Fritz on Fridays: Metropolis Not all masterpieces are without their flaws. I’m sure the Sistine Chapel has its dents and dings, too.
Fritz on Fridays Fritz on Fridays: Rancho Notorious The final 15 minutes of Rancho Notorious are spectacular.
Reviews Fritz on Fridays: Hilde Warren and Death The classic Langian game theory with fate expresses itself through Weimar-era anxieties about corrupted blood.
Reviews Fritz on Fridays: The Blue Gardenia The Blue Gardenia challenges this narrative of complacency and Lang’s supposed wont to “sleepwalking through history.”
Reviews Fritz on Fridays: Harakiri (1919) One of the most underappreciated legacies of Fritz Lang’s career was his star-making power.
Reviews Fritz on Fridays: Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Beyond a Reasonable Doubt is more sadistic than bleak.
Reviews Fritz on Fridays: Man Hunt (1941) What greater thrill could there be than killing the leader of the Third Reich?
Reviews Fritz on Fridays: You and Me It’s also a film that takes place from Thanksgiving to Christmas, making it a fitting time to run for this month’s column.
Bernhard Goetzke Fritz on Fridays: Death’s Domain in ‘Destiny’ with Daniel Gorman A conversation about what sets Destiny apart, the technological advances of the early silent-film years, Langian metanarratives related to destiny and much more.
