Chaplin - Monsieur Verdoux

The final section of Chaplin's oddest film: a comedy about a wife murderer. The dark tone of this comedy seems almost quaint now; at the time, it inflamed Chaplin's right-wing enemies, particularly as its message appeared to dismiss the moral failings of private life in comparison with the enormities committed by states and corporations. Chaplin unquestionably suggests that banks and businesses are responsible for every crime committed by the people they impoverish.

Chaplin - The Great Dictator: Hynkel's speech

Chaplin - The Great Dictator: Adenoid Hynkel's dream of world conquest

One of Chaplin's--and the cinema's--most effective and unforgettable criticisms of fascism.

Chaplin directing City Lights

The home movies of Chaplin directing that were referred to in class.

Charlie Chaplin in The Gold Rush

Another celebrated Chaplin moment: stranded in the freezing North, Charlie serves his shoe for dinner.

Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times

I haven't found a great copy of Modern Times online, although I imagine it's available as steaming video somewhere. Here's the scene of the feeding machine, one of Chaplin's great comic images of dehumanization in mechanized society.