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It's that simple, really. Rent "M." Fritz Lang's 1931 classic about the manhunt for a child murderer is gorgeously paced and chillingly current .

The third and the most revered movie version of Hammett's mystery novel. It insists on the fun involved in private-eye escapades, as it wobbles underneath the consequences of some whimsical casting and playing -- Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Elisha Cook, Mary Astor, and Bogart as Spade.

After three more or less straight - or at least non-comedic - attempts at bringing Edgar Allan Poe's work to the screen, Roger Corman opted to turn Poe's poem "The Raven" into a comic horror/fantasy, with the aid of Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff and a very young - and very awkward - Jack Nicholson, in his 1963 The Raven .

Looking back at these columns, it seems that the fastest way to become a forgotten author is to be compared to some of the century's greatest writers.

Early this morning, ComingSoon.net/ShockTillYouDrop.com had a chance to talk to director James McTeigue about his gory action-thriller Ninja Assassin .

Welcome to the Wednesday edition of SDA Late Nite Radio . Tonight we feature a cartoon mash-up in which the audio of Peter Lorre's monologue in Fritz Lang's 1931 film M is completely mis-translated and the resulting subtitles added to an old episode of Quick Draw McGraw .

I am thirty-five years old, and I am visiting Disneyland for the first time. Walking down Main Street U.S.A., I feel like an interloper, like a slightly suaver Peter Lorre casting ominous shadows on childhood memories being recalled or created.

Dir. Edwin L. Marin . Jon Hall stars as the grandson of The Invisible Man who uses grandaddy's formula to spy on America's World War II enemies in Marin's ridiculously entertaining nonsensical flick.

HALLOWEEN comes but once a year, a circumstance the home video industry must profoundly regret.

DVD collections continues to wash up on video shelves everywhere. Last year, the super-studio, in partnership with Warner Brothers, introduced these budget DVD compilations that contain some of the most renowned films of all-time. All of the titles have been available individually, some for quite a while.

Buda and Pest united, and one of the world's most civilized capitals evolved. Then wrong World War allegiances contracted Hungary 's borders, and siege and sacking was followed by brutish Soviet rule.

Monday, October 19 2009 Come support this great cause. Shot gun start at 1:30pm, fabulous goodie bags, gourmet barbeque dinner, cocktails and a spectacular live auction starting at 6:00 pm.

The construction of images for mass consumption today owes a debt it can never repay to the chemistry that happened in the art department of Conde Nast, publisher of Vanity Fair and Vogue magazines, during the first half of the 20th century.

TCM never disappoints in October, airing some of the best horror movies ever made each year in honor of Halloween.

Fritz Lang's M is the jewel of Peter Lorre's oeuvre, a hauntingly expressive performance as murderer and pedophile Hans Beckert.

Fritz Lang's M is the jewel of Peter Lorre's oeuvre, a hauntingly expressive performance as murderer and pedophile Hans Beckert.

Fritz Lang's M is the jewel of Peter Lorre's oeuvre, a hauntingly expressive performance as murderer and pedophile Hans Beckert.

FOR much of the studio era, Columbia Pictures was essentially a Poverty Row operation.

The Maltese Falcon NR 100 minutes Directed by John Huston Written by John Huston Starring Humphrey Bogart Mary Astor Sydney Greenstreet Peter Lorre Review by Reel American Hero For years when you think of all time actors that personify Hollywood cool, the name of Humphrey Bogart comes up on the short list.

"The stuff dreams are made of," mutters sleuth-for-hire Sam Spade, referencing the titular black statue that's had everyone in a tizzy.