Chaplin's tramp is stuck in a silent past, still getting sentimental about unfortunate young women that he has no hope of capturing.
Read MoreA remarkable film despite its many weaknesses, with Boris Karloff's creature at its heart.
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Read MoreThe film's title has become divorced from its origins (the book, by Erich Maria Remarque) to mean something rather mundane - "nothing to report". In fact, of course, the film's story set during the First World War is anything but quiet. So, what does it mean?
Read MoreA light satire on modern life's reliance on the development of technology; a comedy reminiscent of Chaplin and Keaton and a precursor to Jacques Tati; or a paean to the simple life of being with a buddy?
Read MoreA hypnotic performance by the star makes this a worthy entry in 1001 Movies.
Read MoreA comedy surely, with its opening scene of an old man lying down among harvested fruit, declaring he is going to die, while peasant friends smile and make jokes about whether he will find himself in heaven or hell. Then he dies.
Read MoreA couple trying to come together are thwarted by the Catholic Church, social conventions, and the machinations of their own surreal subconscious. In the end, it was all the fault of Christ or De Sade.
Read MoreWhat is it about clowns? They're not funny (which seems to be the point) but they're not fascinating figures of pathos either. There are at least three in this film, two of which get to say nothing, but keeping sidling into or across the scene with no obvious purpose except to make some obscure visual point about the third, Emil Jannings' doomed school teacher.
Read MoreFred and Ginge may be the centre of attention, but it's the supporting players that give this terpsichorean soufflé its flavour.
Read MoreBela Lugosi's not dead.
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