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"Metropolis," as it was meant to be seen! (For real, this time.)
Fri, Oct 30 2009 6:42 AM

Few movies are as incomplete yet overwhelmingly influential as Fritz Lang's 1927 "Metropolis." Any movie you've seen with enormous, gigantic architecture set in an ominous future or a mythical past -- "Brazil," "The Hudsucker Proxy," "The Fifth Element," even this year's "The International" -- stole... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, Metropolis, Fritz Lang, Brazil, Giorgio Moroder, Argentina, Pat Benatar, Berlin 2010

Battling Hollywood temptation in radio musical form.
Wed, Aug 26 2009 1:20 PM

Sparks -- brothers Ron and Russell Mael -- is a cult band who haven't stopped being odd for nearly 40 years now. Depending on who you believe, Queen stole their hysterical falsetto in the '70s. After making 1974's "Kimono My House" (one of Kurt Cobain's favorite albums) they got bored of glam and became minor disco stars, hooking up... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Fritz Lang, Watchy, Ingmar Bergman, Kurt Cobain, Sparks, Greta Garbo, Billy Wilder

Old news: "Metropolis" found, Weinstein trash, "Ballast" solo.
Mon, Jul 7 2008 3:40 PM

Bits and pieces from over the long weekend: A 16mm copy of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" retrieved from Buenos Aires contains missing scenes long thought lost. David Hudson at Greencine Daily has the full report, adding "Frankly, I'm beside myself." It's a bold new era of journalism: Village Voice editor-in-chief Tony Ortega digs through... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Harvey Weinstein, Barbarella, Pineapple Express, Ballast, Robert Rodriguez, Huey Lewis, Metropolis, Lance Hammer, Rose McGowan, Fritz Lang, self distribution