Charles Chaplin

There can be no better description for Modern Times—or indeed, Chaplin's career—than the film's initial title card: 'A story of industry, of individual enterprise—humanity crusading in the pursuit of happiness.'

Monsieur Verdoux can boast a screenplay with a highly unusual moral complexity and a deeply philosophical bent...Yes, Verdoux is a film that name-drops Schopenhauer, but it's also damn funny...