At the root of it all is the likeness to the female robot, often called “Maria,” in Fritz Lang’s masterwork of futurism, Metropolis. Maria has inspired countless cultural references ...

Movie poster for Fritz Lang’s 1926 film Metropolis. (Fine Art Images / Heritage ... the destruction of society by the division between head and hands. The hero, transfixed again, asks ...

A new trailer was released today, sharing a bit of her background and the role she plays in the city of Metropolis ... his adorable dog Krypto and going head-to-head with the hero himself in ...