Tom Cruise Returns for the Franchise’s Ultimate Showdown
A visually stunning trailer marks a pure, entertaining film produced by Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie, with McQuarrie directing.
Tom Cruise Returns for the Franchise’s Ultimate Showdown
Take a look at this cast of winners: Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Mariela Garriga, Henry Czerny, Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, Angela Bassett, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, and Frederick Schmidt.
I enjoy watching quality silent horror films, particularly those by German Expressionists. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligaricaptures the chilling essence of horror through captivating cinematic perspectives.
Directed by Robert Wiene and written by Carl Mayer and Hans Janowitz, the 1920 German film centers on a young man named Francis. He remembers a terrible incident at the Holstenwall annual fair involving him, his friend Alan and his fiancée, Jane.
The Birth of Psychological Suspense in Silent Film
Francis and Alan attended The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari exhibit at the fair. A mysterious psychiatrist shows how Cesare has been sleepwalking for most of his life.
The doctor has Cesare show his clairvoyant powers. Alan asks Cesare about his future, and Cesare tells Alan that he will die before dawn. Alan tries to shake this off as if it were nothing.
But the following day, Francis finds Alan dead and suspects Cesare of killing him. Francis spies on Dr. Caligari and Cesare to prove who killed Alan.
The next night, Cesare is about to stab Jane in her bed, but grows infatuated with her when he realizes how beautiful she is. Instead of murder, Cesare abducts Jane.
How the Movie Inspired Gothic and Noir Storytelling
The abduction causes a disturbance in the house and awakens Jane’s father. Realizing Cesare had kidnapped his daughter, he and his servants gave chase. Cesare realizes he cannot outrun her father and his servants, so he gently lays Jane down and runs away.
Francis joins the police to investigate Dr. Caligari. Yet, the psychiatrist easily slips away. But Francis follows him into a place for the insane. There, Francis enters the asylum and finds the truth behind the mysterious death and kidnapping.
The original 1920 horror classic is now available on Ultra HD Blu-ray in a meticulous 4K restoration by the F. W. Murnau Stiftung. Also included is a new orchestral score by Emmy-winning composer Jeff Beal.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Blu-Ray also includes the documentary Caligari: How Horror Came to the Cinema, a restoration demonstration, and audio commentary by composer Jeff Beal.
Symbolism Hidden in the Distorted Sets and Designs
Film aficionados believe The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari jolted the postwar masses and catapulted the German Expressionist film movement into history.
The plunge into the mind of insanity that severs all ties with the rational world. A nightmare realm in which light, shadow and substance create a world in which a demented doctor and a carnival sleepwalker perpetrate a series of ghastly murders in a small community. Wiene delivered a well-crafted horror film.
Psychological Horror Before Hollywood
Wiene was a German screenwriter, director and producer during the silent era. His best-known movie is The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. He also wrote and directed other films of various genres and styles.
Because he was of Jewish descent, he fled Germany into exile in Paris, France, where he died at age 65 in 1938.
Based on the book Unstoppable: From Underdog to Undefeated: How I Became a Champion by Anthony Robles and Austin Murphy, Unstoppable follows Robles, played by Jharrel Jerome, as a champion wrestler. Despite being born without a right leg, Robles became an NCAA Division 1 Champion wrestler, ultimately winning a national championship against the school that rejected him, national powerhouse Iowa.
Cast and Characters in Unstoppable
William Goldenberg directed Unstoppable, which features an all-star cast that includes Jharrel Jerome, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña, Anthony Robles, Don Cheadle and Jennifer Lopez. The story celebrates the glory of overcoming all obstacles to win.
Goldenberg is best known for his editing talents, for which he won an Oscar for the movie Argo.
