Tag: 1930s
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‘Merrily We Go to Hell”s Downward Spiral
True to its title, ‘Merrily We Go to Hell’ is a movie in which heavenly goodness is in short supply.
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‘M’ is Fritz Lang at His Most Assured
Lang has said he made ‘M’ with mostly uncomplicated intentions — that he simply wanted to dissuade parental neglect. But, in hindsight, the movie is clear creative evidence of a man disillusioned.
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‘Mad Love’ Finds Peter Lorre at the Peak of His Powers
This is a horror movie that delights in the macabre as much as a comedy luxuriates in a good laugh.
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Forces of Personality
On ‘Boudu Saved from Drowning’ and ‘Elena and Her Men.’
