Metropolis

The Observer“The highlight of this past week...” For those familiar with the film it will be a confirmation, for newcomers a revelation...

Little White Lies“Something film lovers should not pass up...” Today, after 83 years, the power of the concept and social critique may be grossly simplistic, but modern audiences will watch it as a celebrated ‘relic’ – not for its message...

Channel4 Film“A must-see...” Visually, thematically and in terms of tone and technique, this ranks among the most significant and visually spectacular films in the history of cinema. A flawed but fascinating masterpiece...

The Independent“Fritz Lang's haunting vision of industrial drudgery...” But it's the stupendous design of the film that remains its true glory, whether in the labyrinthine intricacy of the workers' habitat, the monstrous scale of the sets, or the sleek robotic replicant of Brigitte Helm, the heroine's evil twin...

Guardian“A crazed futurist epic...” One of the biggest, strangest, maddest films in cinema history returns, with missing footage restored: a textual enlargement that of course "explains" nothing about the film, and just makes it bigger, stranger and madder than ever...

The Telegraph“An eternal masterpiece...” Eighty-three years on, his (silent) vision remains impressive: the sheer scale of the sets, the rampaging cast of thousands, the groundbreaking special effects all still dazzle...

Time Out film“The revelations are indeed stunning...” This is as close as we’re likely to get to what those sitting in the UFA-Palast saw when the lights went down: Lang’s vision of claustrophobic skylines, underground prole revolutions and fembots run amok...

Empire“The newly restored footage enhances sci-fi's first masterpiece...” The restored footage is in rougher shape than the rest of the film, which looks so pristine it’s a discovery in itself — and it remains one of the cinema’s most visually amazing films: the 2001, the Blade Runner, the Avatar of its day...

Total Film “Lang's futuristic masterpiece gets a re-release. And about time too...” Metropolis remains, as filmmaker Luis Buñuel observed at the time, “two films glued together by their bellies”: a luminous and resplendent visual masterpiece yoked to a puerile and embarrassingly trite plot...

Variety“Not yet reviewed”