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Metro Classics Goes to Hell Update #5

The last two films are now confirmed: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger's A Matter of Life and Death and no less than the greatest film of all-time, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai.

Here is the full lineup:


March 02 - Limbo: In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000)
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: A Matter of Life and Death (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1946)
April 13 - Violence: Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
April 20 - Fraud: Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
April 27 - Treachery: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (Frank Capra, 1939)

Metro Classics Goes to Hell Update #4

It's a total party circle, but we've set the bar high for Limbo, the First Circle of Hell.  Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung will waver indecisively between love and friendship in Wong Kar-wai's luscious In the Mood for Love to kick off this spring's series three weeks from today.

The lineup as it stands now, with only two films to be confirmed:


March 02 - Limbo: In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000)
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)

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.