Monsieur Verdoux (May 20th and 21st at the Cleveland Cinematheque)

[MONSIEUR VERDOUX screens Friday May 20th at 9:45pm and Saturday May 21st at 5pm at the Cleveland Cinematheque.]

Review by Charles Cassady Jr.

The NATURAL BORN KILLERS of 1947 starred Charlie Chaplin, if you can believe the McCarthyist boycotts, critical catcalls and opportunistic political speeches raised against the silent-slapstick idol when Chaplin appeared here in a startlingly different role, a hero serial murderer long before Dexter or Hannibal Lecter.