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The Harvard Film Archive will spend Labor Day weekend showing a marathon of cult vampire movies, including "The Hunger," starring Susan Sarandon and David Bowie.

A break from the usual bloodsuckers

Harvard Film Archive opts for lesser-known evil in ‘Night of the Vampire’ marathon

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DateAugust 30, 2017March 4, 2019

One of the films most associated with Fritz Lang is the 1927 sci-fi classic "Metropolis." Actress Brigitte Helm (photo 1) starred as Maria, who was also the robot doppelganger, Maschinemensch (photo 2). Joh Fredersen, played by actor Alfred Abel (photo 3), is the ruthless master of Metropolis.

Tracking Fritz Lang

‘Metropolis’ master gets retrospective at Harvard Film Archive

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DateJuly 17, 2014May 31, 2019

“When I started this work of 12 years, I thought everybody was dead — the killers too, and the witnesses. To discover some were alive was like an archaeological excavation,” said filmmaker Claude Lanzmann (right) of his classic "Shoah." Harvard Film Archive programmer David Pendleton (left) talked to Lanzmann in the Carpenter Center following the screening of “The Karski Report,” a 49-minute film culled from “Shoah” outtakes.

Filmmaker who bore witness to Holocaust

‘Shoah’ creator’s dogged interviews drew out Jews, Poles, ex-Nazis

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DateMarch 28, 2012June 26, 2019

Iconic underground filmmaker Kenneth Anger was honored at Harvard during a three-day screening festival. Hosted by the Harvard Film Archive, Anger spoke at the Carpenter Center during the final two days of the festival.

Looking back at Anger

Iconic, offbeat Hollywood filmmaker visits Harvard

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DateOctober 12, 2010May 21, 2019