Production Company(ies)
Focus Features, Anonymous Content This Is That Productions,
 
Distributor
Criterion Collection, Gaumont British Distributors, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.
 
Release Type

 
Filming Location(s)
Longmoor Military Railway, Longmoor Military Camp, Hampshire, England, UK
 
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
 
Year of Release
1938
 

 
Genre(s)
Mystery & thriller
 
Keyword(s)
Mystery, thriller, Alfred Hitchcock, Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Dame May Whitty, Paul Lukas, Googie Withers, Cecil Parker, Edward Black, Ethel Lina White, Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder, Criterion Collection, Gaumont British Distributors, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp., Mono, 35mm, British films, glamorous thriller, romantic sparks, espionage, treachery, disappearance, train, European country, avalanche, investigation, comedy-thriller, screwball, suspense, pacing, art direction, cinematography, charismatic performances, clever writing, thoughtful direction, entertainment value
 

Cast & Crew

Margaret Lockwood

Michael Redgrave

Dame May Whitty

Paul Lukas

Googie Withers

Iris Matilda Henderson

Gilbert Redman

Miss Froy

Governess

Dr. Hartz of Prague

Margaret Lockwood – Iris Matilda Henderson
Michael Redgrave – Gilbert Redman
Dame May Whitty – Miss Froy, Governess
Paul Lukas – Dr. Hartz of Prague
Googie Withers – Blanche
Cecil Parker – Eric Todhunter

 

Alfred Hitchcock

Ethel Lina White

Edward Black

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Alfred Hitchcock
 
Writer(s)
Ethel Lina White, Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder
 
Producer(s)
Edward Black

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
1 win & 1 nomination
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

David Parkinson

Variety Staff

Peter Bradshaw

Jamie Russell

Arthur Ryel-Lindsey

Empire Magazine

Variety

Guardian

BBC.com

Slant Magazine

THE LADY VANISHES
  All Critics (45) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (44) | Rotten (1)
  The formula of an innocent thrust into a nightmare would fascinate Hitch for decades to come, but here he packs the tale with strong characters and important details.
 
  March 27, 2009 | Rating: 4/5
 
  David Parkinson
  Empire Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  This film, minus the deft and artistic handling of the director, Alfred Hitchcock, despite its cast and photography, would not stand up for Grade A candidacy.
 
  March 26, 2009
 
  Variety Staff
  Variety
  TOP CRITIC
  A pleasure.
 
  October 18, 2008 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Peter Bradshaw
  Guardian
  TOP CRITIC
  Both a neat comment on Britain’s dilemma in the build-up to the impending war with Germany (to appease or not to appease?) and also a cracking piece of entertainment.
 
  January 11, 2008 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Jamie Russell
  BBC.com
  TOP CRITIC
  What separates Lady Vanishes

 

Plot
Passengers on a scheduled train out of the mountainous European country of Mandrika are delayed by a day due to an avalanche, and thus get up close and personal with each other out of necessity in the only and what becomes an overcrowded inn in the area. Once the train departs, the one person who it is uncertain is on the train is a middle aged English governess named Miss Froy (Dame May Whitty). Iris Henderson (Margaret Lockwood), who was vacationing in Mandrika with girlfriends before heading back to England to get married, is certain that Miss Froy was on the train as they were in the same compartment and they had tea together in the dining car, but all those people who can corroborate her story don’t seem to want to do so. Iris’ thoughts are easily dismissed as a possible concussion as Iris was hit over the head just before boarding the train. Iris will take anyone’s help in finding Miss Froy, even that of an Englishman named Gilbert (Sir Michael Redgrave), a musicologist with whom she had a not so pleasant encounter at the inn the evening before. As Iris and Gilbert go on their quest throughout the train, they believe there is a conspiracy amongst many of the passengers against the validity of there being a Miss Froy. But if there is a conspiracy, Iris and Gilbert still have to find Miss Froy and find out why anyone would want to kidnap a middle aged English governess.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Dame May Whitty, who plays the elderly Miss Froy, was actually 76 years old during filming and had to be carried up and down the train’s stairs due to her age and health.
 

Links
Wikipedia: Go to Wiki
Rotten Tomatoes: Go to RT

 

Where to Watch

Various

 
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Production Company(ies)
HBO Documentary Films, Jigsaw Productions, Sky Atlantic
 
Distributor
Realart Pictures Inc., Universal Pictures, Screen Gems, Universal Home Entertainment, MCA/Universal Pictures [us]
 
Release Type

 
Filming Location(s)
Headland House, Gerringong, New South Wales, Australia
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for some strong bloody violence, and language.
 
Year of Release
1933
 

 
Genre(s)
Sci-fi
 
Keyword(s)
starring Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, Henry Travers, William Harrigan, Una O’Connor, Forrester Harvey, directed by James Whale, written by R.C Sherriff, Preston Sturges, H.G Wells, Philip Wylie, sci-fi, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Times (UK) Staff, SMH Staff, Age Staff, Kim Newman, TIME Staff, Roy Chartier, Peter Fleming, Shadow Stage, Candida, James T Hamada, P.S Harrison, produced by Carl Laemmle Jr., MPAA rating, Realart Pictures Inc., Universal Pictures, Screen Gems, Universal Home Entertainment, MCA/Universal Pictures [us], Mono, Flat (1.37:1), Dr Jack Griffin, potion, invisible, insanity, violent rampage, police, mentor, former partner, special effects, tension, goofy sense of humor, memorable debut
 

Cast & Crew

Claude Rains

Gloria Stuart

Henry Travers

William Harrigan

Una O’Connor

Jack Griffin

Flora Cranley

Dr. Cranley

Dr. Arthur Kemp

Jenny Hall

– Claude Rains as Jack Griffin
– Gloria Stuart as Flora Cranley
– Henry Travers as Dr. Cranley
– William Harrigan as Dr. Arthur Kemp
– Una O’Connor as Jenny Hall
– Forrester Harvey as Herbert Hall

 

James Whale

R.C. Sherriff

Carl Laemmle Jr.

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
James Whale
 
Writer(s)
R.C. Sherriff, Preston Sturges, H.G. Wells, Philip Wylie
 
Producer(s)
Carl Laemmle Jr.

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
43 wins & 84 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Times (UK) Staff

SMH Staff

Age Staff

Kim Newman

TIME Staff

Times (UK)

Sydney Morning Herald

The Age (Australia)

Empire Magazine

TIME Magazine

THE INVISIBLE MAN
  All Critics (51) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (48) | Rotten (3)
  Mr. Wells’s original idea had the element of humour as well as stark terror in it; in the film the humour misses all its glorious opportunities and the terror is robbed.
 
  October 8, 2020
 
  Times (UK) Staff
  Times (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  Under the supervision of James Whale, the director of “Frankenstein” and “The Old Dark House” the doings of the Invisible Man have been set forth with extraordinary realism.
 
  October 8, 2020
 
  SMH Staff
  Sydney Morning Herald
  TOP CRITIC
  A marvel of film technique.
 
  October 8, 2020
 
  Age Staff
  The Age (Australia)
  TOP CRITIC
  Rains, whose expressive gestures are also vital to his performance, recognised it as a career-making opportunity, a whole film that builds up to the revelation of his face.
 
  October 14, 2011 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Kim Newman
  Empire Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  In his first cinema role, which must have been easy for him to play since it amounts to very little more than an offstage noise, Claude Rains gives an alarming performance, almost as frightening when he is present as when he is not.
 
  October 21, 2010
 
  TIME Staff
  TIME Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  The strangest character yet created by the screen roams through The Invisible Man.
 
  November 6, 2008
 
  Roy Chartier
  Variety
  TOP CRITIC
  The whole production is rather crudely devised, with American accents allowed to intrude disturbingly on the English setting… On the other hand, Hollywood must take full credit for the film’s technical ingenuity, which is indeed remarkable.
 
  October 8, 2020
 
  Peter Fleming
  The Spectator
  Good for some shivers… hardly as effective on the screen as in on print.
 
  October 8, 2020
 
  Shadow Stage
  Photoplay
  The Invisible Man is not on the whole as terrifying as the rest of the hobgoblin genre… But it is considerably more entertaining at least from the point of view of those of us who can get only a limited pleasure out of being scared to death.
 
  October 8, 2020
 
  Candida
  Maclean’s Magazine
  James Whale’s direction is excellent.
 
  October 8, 2020
 
  James T. Hamada
  The Nippu Jiji (Honolulu)
  What makes this good entertainment is the fact that the tension is relieved by much comedy.
 
  October 8, 2020
 
  P.S. Harrison
  Harrison’s Reports
  It must be confessed that it serves its purpose as an eerie and horrifying melodrama.
 
  October 8, 2020
 
  Martin Dickstein
  Brooklyn Daily Eagle…

 

Plot
The film follows Cecilia, who receives the news of her abusive ex-boyfriend’s suicide. She begins to re-build her life for the better. However, her sense of reality is put into question when she begins to suspect her deceased lover is not actually dead.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The Invisible Man features a memorable debut from Claude Rains.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Highline Pictures, Camera One Endless Picnic
 
Distributor
Paramount Pictures, MCA/Universal Home Video
 
Release Type

 
Filming Location(s)
Loja, Granada, Andalucía, Spain
 
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
 
Year of Release
1933
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy
 
Keyword(s)
Comedy, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Margaret Dumont, Leo McCarey, Herman J Mankiewicz, box office, budget, reviewed by Kate Muir, Peter Bradshaw, David Jenkins, Tom Huddleston, Brian Eggert, Sarah Brinks, Forsyth Hardy, MPAA rating, Paramount Pictures, MCA/Universal Home Video, mono sound mix, Rufus T Firefly, Pinky, Chicolini, Lt Bob Roland, Vera Marcal, Freedonia, Sylvania, revolution, war, slapstick, puns, physical gags, musical numbers, timeless humor, Marx Brothers, Marx films, comedy genre, inspiration, election night, mayhem, dictatorship, religion, pointless warfare
 

Cast & Crew

Groucho Marx

Rufus T. Firefly

Harpo Marx

Pinky

Chico Marx

Rufus T. Firefly

Pinky

Chicolini

Lt. Bob Roland

Mrs. Gloria Teasdale

Groucho Marx – Rufus T. Firefly
Harpo Marx – Pinky
Chico Marx – Chicolini
Zeppo Marx – Lt. Bob Roland
Margaret Dumont – Mrs. Gloria Teasdale
Raquel Torres – Vera Marcal

 

Leo McCarey

NA

Herman J. Mankiewicz

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Leo McCarey
 
Writer(s)
NA
 
Producer(s)
Herman J. Mankiewicz

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
2 wins & 2 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Kate Muir

Peter Bradshaw

David Jenkins

Tom Huddleston

Joe Bigelow

Times

Guardian

Little White Lies

Time Out

Variety

DUCK SOUP
  All Critics (53) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (48) | Rotten (5)
  It turns out that the sharp-tongued humour of Groucho Marx is ageless, the slapstick timely and the subject matter still pertinent: loony dictatorship, religion, pointless warfare.
 
  January 16, 2015 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Kate Muir
  Times (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  The sheer silliness is inspired …
 
  January 15, 2015 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Peter Bradshaw
  Guardian
  TOP CRITIC
  Questioning the canonical standing of a titan such as Duck Soup seems like an exercise in questioning the tastes of those who like it rather than the upbraiding the comedy mechanics of the film itself.
 
  January 15, 2015 | Rating: 3/5
 
  David Jenkins
  Little White Lies
  TOP CRITIC
  Genius just about covers it.
 
  January 12, 2015 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Tom Huddleston
  Time Out
  TOP CRITIC
  Duck Soup should make practically everybody laugh.
 
  June 27, 2007
 
  Joe Bigelow
  Variety
  TOP CRITIC
  The Marx Brothers’ best movie…
 
  June 27, 2007
 
  Dave Kehr
  Chicago Reader
  TOP CRITIC
  Duck Soup might be the only Marx Brothers film that feels completely in tune with their brand of humor, which, then and now, is downright radical.
 
  February 12, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Brian Eggert
  Deep Focus Review
  I found it tedious and not very funny. The fact that it was short was a relief but I don’t think I will seek out any more films by the Marx Brothers.
 
  April 1, 2021
 
  Sarah Brinks
  Battleship Pretension
  One incidental sequence of slapstick in which Harpo smashes a mirror and then appears opposite Groucho as his reflection, is the funniest thing in any Marx film since The Cocoanuts.
 
  February 3, 2021
 
  Forsyth Hardy
  Cinema Quarterly
  Babbling absurdity is the main ingredient and chaos is the result, with random jokes, skits, and sketches composing the bulk of the story.
 
  July 26, 2020 | Rating: 9/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins
  The Marx Brothers in one of their slighter divertissements. Funny and wild, but not wildly funny.
 
  July 23, 2019
 
  Ann Ross
  Maclean’s Magazine
  Obviously desperate for material, the Four Marx Brothers tried everything from musical comedy sequences to a I-et ‘Em Eat Cake burlesque revolution. An uneven production but some of the sketches are worth the money.
 
  June 6, 2019
 
  Pare Lorentz
  Vanity Fair…

 

Plot
The country of Freedonia is in the middle of a financial crisis and on the brink of revolution. In order to gain a bail-out from the wealthy Mrs Teasdale, the government appoints Rufus T Firefly as its president. However, Mr Firefly shuns the pomp and pretentiousness of government; along with the prudence and rationality of it too. Meanwhile, the neighbouring country of Sylvania is plotting to overthrow Freedonia and sends Pinky and Chicolini to spy on Firefly. War seems inevitable.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Groucho Marx’s character, Rufus T. Firefly, has been compared to Charlie Chaplin’s character in The Great Dictator and had a clear influence on Sacha Baron Cohen’s Admiral General Aladeen.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Paramount Pictures, Skydance Media, Jerry Bruckheimer Films,
 
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
 
Filming Location(s)

 
MPAA / Certificate
TV-14
 
Year of Release
1932
 

 
Genre(s)
Horror
 
Keyword(s)
Horror, Freaks, Tod Browning, Al Boasberg, Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon, Edgar Allan Woolf, directed by Tod Browning, produced by Tod Browning, Dwain Esper, Hildegarde Stadie, Irving Thalberg, starring Wallace Ford, Olga Baclanova, Leila Hyams, Roscoe Ates, Harry Earles, Henry Victor, reviewed by Joe Morgenstern, Mark Kermode, Tom Huddleston, Variety Staff, Dave Kehr, Geoff Andrew, Brian Eggert, Mike Massie, Tim Dirks, Josh Larsen, Rob Gonsalves, Jonathan Hatfull, MPAA rating, 1932, box office performance, budget, horror legend, trapeze artist, circus midget, inheritance, lovesick, diminutive performer, strong man, brutal revenge, “freak”, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 

Cast & Crew

Wallace Ford

Olga Baclanova

Leila Hyams

Roscoe Ates

Harry Earles

Phroso

Cleopatra

Venus

Roscoe

Hans

Wallace Ford – Phroso
Olga Baclanova – Cleopatra
Leila Hyams – Venus
Roscoe Ates – Roscoe
Harry Earles – Hans
Henry Victor – Hercules
Director – Tod Browning
Producers – Tod Browning, Dwain Esper, Hildegarde Stadie, Irving Thalberg
Writers – Al Boasberg, Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon, Edgar Allan Woolf

 

Tod Browning

Al Boasberg

Tod Browning

Dwain Esper

Hildegarde Stadie

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Tod Browning
 
Writer(s)
Al Boasberg, Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon, Edgar Allan Woolf
 
Producer(s)
Tod Browning, Dwain Esper, Hildegarde Stadie, Irving Thalberg

 

Film Festivals
Toronto
 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Joe Morgenstern

Mark Kermode

Tom Huddleston

Variety Staff

Dave Kehr

Wall Street Journal

Observer (UK)

Time Out

Variety

Chicago Reader

FREAKS
  All Critics (56) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (53) | Rotten (3)
  [Boasts] some of the most terrifying scenes ever consigned to film.
 
  September 28, 2015
 
  Joe Morgenstern
  Wall Street Journal
  TOP CRITIC
  Browning’s sympathies are clear; if there are “freaks” on display here, they are not the versatile performers to whom the title seems to allude.
 
  June 14, 2015 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Mark Kermode
  Observer (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  One of the most powerful films ever made about the need for humanity and solidarity in the face of cruelty and oppression.
 
  June 8, 2015 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Tom Huddleston
  Time Out
  TOP CRITIC
  Freaks is sumptuously produced, admirably directed, and no cost was spared. But Metro failed to realize that even with a different sort of offering the story still is important.
 
  March 26, 2009
 
  Variety Staff
  Variety
  TOP CRITIC
  If the heart of the horror movie is the annihilating Other, the Other has never appeared with more vividness, teasing sympathy, and terror than in this 1932 film by Tod Browning.
 
  September 24, 2007
 
  Dave Kehr
  Chicago Reader
  TOP CRITIC
  It has now achieved deserved recognition as a masterpiece.
 
  January 26, 2006
 
  Geoff Andrew
  Time Out
  TOP CRITIC
  A genuine rarity about all that is ugly and beautiful about being human
 
  March 2, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Brian Eggert
  Deep Focus Review
  It isn’t so much about scares as it is a character study for a little person lead.
 
  July 27, 2020 | Rating: 7/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins
  Freaks (1932) is a shocking, bizarre and unsettling horror film, but a durable cult favorite. Tod Browning directed the unusual, creepy, and gothic horror film with real-life side-show “freaks” – it was one of his best works…
 
  September 29, 2019 | Rating: A+
 
  Tim Dirks
  Filmsite
  …despite its gruesome conclusion, the movie seems to do everything in its power to create community.
 
  November 17, 2015 | Rating: 3/4
 
  Josh Larsen
  LarsenOnFilm
  Browning locked in some of horror cinema’s most indelible images.
 
  October 15, 2015 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Rob Gonsalves
  eFilmCritic.com
  With strong performances and a surprising tenderness, Freaks more than deserves its towering reputation.
 
  June 18, 2015 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Jonathan Hatfull
  SciFiNow…

 

Plot
It’s the 1980s and at McKinley High, there’s two different groups of teenagers, the Freaks with cool and charismatic Daniel Desario and tomboy Lindsay Weir and the Geeks with Lindsay’s shy younger brother Sam, gentle Bill Haverchuck, and self-proclaimed ladies’ man Neal Schweiber. The show chronicles the normal teen/adolescence problems any teenager goes through including acceptance, drugs, drinking, and bullying.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The cast of Freaks includes real-life sideshow performers with deformities, adding to the authenticity and unsettling tone of the film.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)

 
Distributor
NA
 
Release Type

 
Filming Location(s)
Nero-Film Studio, Berlin, Germany
 
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
 
Year of Release
1930
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)
Pandora’s Box, Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz, Alice Roberts, Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Heinz Landsmann, Ladislaus Vajda, Drama, $44.8K, 1929, MPAA rating, reviewed by Audra Schroeder, Tom Dawson, Wally Hammond, Tara Brady, Kevin Maher, Deborah Ross, CJ Sheu, Daniel Barnes, Jennie Kermode, Cole Smithey, Louise Brooks’ performance, German silent film, Lulu, Dr Ludwig Schön, Alwa Schön, Schigolch, Gräfin Geschwitz, Charlotte Marie Adelaide v Zarnikow, Marked by GW Pabst’s innovative, atmospheric direction, surprisingly modern storyline, tragedy, downward spiral, siren charms, newspaper publisher, musical producer, circus performer, seedy old friend, respectable, Pandora’s Box ultimately owes its power to Louise Brooks’ monumental, iconic performance
 

Cast & Crew

Louise Brooks

Fritz Kortner

Francis Lederer

Carl Goetz

Alice Roberts

Lulu

Dr. Ludwig Schön

Alwa Schön

Schigolch

Gräfin Geschwitz

Louise Brooks – Lulu
Fritz Kortner – Dr. Ludwig Schön
Francis Lederer – Alwa Schön
Carl Goetz – Schigolch
Alice Roberts – Gräfin Geschwitz
Daisy D’Ora – Charlotte Marie Adelaide v. Zarnikow

 

Georg Wilhelm Pabst

Ladislaus Vajda

Heinz Landsmann

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
 
Writer(s)
Ladislaus Vajda
 
Producer(s)
Heinz Landsmann

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Audra Schroeder

Tom Dawson

Wally Hammond

Tara Brady

Kevin Maher

Austin Chronicle

BBC.com

Time Out

Irish Times

Times (UK)

PANDORA’S BOX
  All Critics (41) | Top Critics (21) | Fresh (38) | Rotten (3)
  The way the camera lingers on Brooks is voyeuristic; she, in turn, is oblivious to the fact we’re there – the scene where she swings on the arm of muscle-head producer Rodrigo Quast is a classic example.
 
  June 16, 2020
 
  Audra Schroeder
  Austin Chronicle
  TOP CRITIC
  Pandora’s Box is a richly atmospheric work, and Pabst is equally at home in Berlin high society or in London’s impoverished East End, where Lulu encounters Jack the Ripper.
 
  June 16, 2020 | Rating: 3/5
 
  Tom Dawson
  BBC.com
  TOP CRITIC
  GW Pabst’s extraordinary, erotic and tragic adaptation/conflation of two Wedekind plays, ‘Pandora’s Box’, owes to the electrifying, photogenic and iconic presence of Louise Brooks
 
  June 16, 2020
 
  Wally Hammond
  Time Out
  TOP CRITIC
  There is something hypnotically unbridled about Brooks’s performance.
 
  June 8, 2018 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Tara Brady
  Irish Times
  TOP CRITIC
  It’s lightning in a bottle – remarkable, and endlessly fascinating.
 
  June 1, 2018 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Kevin Maher
  Times (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  With Pandora’s Box you forget that it’s black and white. You forget that the internet has yet to happen… You forget that more than two hours have gone by. You forget because it’s completely modern… 100 per cent gripping and involving.
 
  May 31, 2018
 
  Deborah Ross
  The Spectator
  TOP CRITIC
  Brooks’s energy, enhanced by the expressionist vision of G. W. Pabst, even energizes scenes from which she’s absent[.]
 
  July 1, 2020
 
  CJ Sheu
  Review Film Review
  The film is laid out in a strange, semi-successful eight-act structure (just like von Trier’s Nymphomaniac), and right from the start, Pabst lets us know this will not be a strident tale of a good girl who falls from grace.
 
  February 5, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Daniel Barnes
  Dare Daniel
  Full of striking imagery which, once seen, will stay with you forever, this is a highly accomplished piece of work which brings together some of the greatest talents of the era.
 
  June 1, 2018 | Rating: 4.5/5
 
  Jennie Kermode
  Eye for Film
  [VIDEO ESSAY] [“Pandora’s Box”] can be construed as the first international LGBT film ever.
 
  November 4, 2014 | Rating: A+
 
  Cole Smithey
  ColeSmithey.com
  The movie’s horrifying and beautiful conclusion becomes more poignant and powerful with each passing year.
 
  February 27, 2013 | Rating: 4/5
 
  TV Guide Staff
  TV Guide
  There is so much of modern movie life here that the picture, like Brooks’ beauty, defies the ravages of time.
 
  February 27, 2013
 
  Richard Luck
  Film4…

 

Plot
In Pandora’s Box, the beautiful and alluring Lulu draws in multiple men, including a newspaper publisher and a circus performer, leading to tragedy for them all.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Louise Brooks’ performance in Pandora’s Box is described as “monumental” and “iconic.”
 

 
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