Modern Times (#543) Russell Crowe Meng Hua Ho

Meng Hua Ho

radical science-fiction films ever made and a mind-bending free-form travelogue: La Jetee and Sans Soleil couldn’t seem more different—but they’re the twin pillars of an unparalleled and uncompromising career in cinema

Ronit (played by Oscar-winner and co-producer Rachel Weisz) returns from New York to the north London Orthodox Jewish community she rejected years previously after a scandalous transgression

love and coffee and influencing a generation to come

locked together in the Vatican halls

Modern Times (#543) Russell Crowe Meng Hua HoModern Times, Charlie Chaplins last outing as the Little Tramp, puts the iconic character to work as a giddily inept factory employee who becomes smitten with a gorgeous gamine (Paulette Goddard). With its barrage of unforgettable gags and sly commentary on class struggle during the Great Depression, Modern Timesthough made almost a decade into the talkie era and containing moments of sound (even song!)is a timeless showcase of Chaplins untouchable