If you are interested in the evolution of film, including the silent ones, this course on MIT OCW is a good resource: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/literature/21

If you are interested in the evolution of film, including the silent ones, this course on MIT OCW is a good resource: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/literature/21l-011-the-film-experience-fall-2013/ https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/literature/21l-011-the-film-expe... I subscribed to the Criterion Channel after watching the lectures, which has a number of the movies referenced in the course. I developed a new appreciation for Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. There is a lecture on German film: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/literature/21l-011-the-film-experience-fall-2013/lecture-videos-notes/lecture-6-german-film-murnau/ https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/literature/21l-011-the-film-expe... Prof. Thorburn doesn't seem to like Metropolis either: > It's much admired by certain film scholars, although not by me.