Metro Classics Goes to Hell Update #3

Two more circles have been confirmed, featuring a pair of career best performances from Humphrey Bogart and James Stewart:


March 02 - Limbo
March 09 - Lust: Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
March 16 - Gluttony: Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958)
March 23 - Greed: Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)
March 30 - Anger: In a Lonely Place (Nicholas Ray, 1950)
April 06 - Heresy
April 13 - Violence
April 20 - Fraud: Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
April 27 - Treachery: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (Frank Capra, 1939)

Only three to go!

Metro Classics Goes to Hell Update #2

This just in: the Seventh Circle of Hell, Fraud, will be represented by Charles Laughton's singular masterpiece Night of the Hunter.  The schedule as it stands now:

March 02 - Limbo
March 09 - Lust: Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
March 16 - Gluttony: Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958)
March 23 - Greed: Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)
March 30 - Anger
April 06 - Heresy
April 13 - Violence
April 20 - Fraud: Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
April 27 - Treachery

Any guesses on the last five?

Metro Classics Goes to Hell Update

The first three bookings are in:

March 09 - Lust: Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
March 16 - Gluttony: Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958)
March 23 - Greed: Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)

Stay tuned!

Metro Classics Goes to Hell

After a holiday season break, Metro Classics will be returning in March with a new nine week series.  Each week, we'll explore one of the Nine Circles of Dante's Hell.  The films aren't set yet, but the circles are.  Here's the schedule:


March 02 - Limbo
March 09 - Lust
March 16 - Gluttony
March 23 - Greed
March 30 - Anger
April  06 - Heresy
April  13 - Violence
April  20 - Fraud
April  27 - Treachery

Any guesses on what we'll be playing?  Any requests?  What's your favorite circle?  I'm partial to heresy myself; Mike is all about gluttony.  Vegan gluttony.  It's disturbing.