Topic

World Cinema

Landmark films from beyond Hollywood, from German Expressionism to Kurosawa, and the influence they still have.

Culture Spotlight

Spotlight: Seven Samurai (1954)

Akira Kurosawa's three-and-a-half-hour epic became the template for basically every "team assembles for one last job" movie made since.

Culture Spotlight

Spotlight: Metropolis (1927)

Every dystopian sci-fi skyline owes something to a German silent film that was nearly lost forever.