The Circus [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

"The Circus, Charlie Chaplin's last truly silent film, is perhaps his most underrated feature and certainly one of the funniest. It was made during a difficult period for Chaplin -- his divorce from Lita Grey, his mother's death and a near-nervous breakdown, and was beset by production problems -- ruined footage and a studio fire. Under the big top of a travelling circus and side show, a bareback rider jumps through a paper hoop. The show is on, lead by a stern Ring Master, the stepfather o...