Year of the Month: David Heineman on Akira Kurosawa, DREAMS, and Collective Memory
For many American film aficionados, Akira Kurosawa belongs to a select cadre of foreign directors,…
Year of the Month: The Swamp Never Drains in Drunken Angel by Eric Vilas-Boas
So many of Akira Kurosawa’s films are morality plays — Rashomon about the limits of…
Dissolve On (9/24/2017-9/30/2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…
It’s So Hard to Be Old: Ben Hammel (bhammer100) on Akira Kurosawa’s Ran (Year of the Month)
Many critics consider Ran Akira Kurosawa’s final masterpiece. In 1985, after ten long years ruminating…
Year of the Month – Throne of Blood by Ben Hammel (Bhammer100)
“Human beings are so strange. Terrified to look into the bottom of their own hearts.”…
The Railway’s There Yet: THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (Year of the Month)
“The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who…
Doug’s Cinematic Firsties: Akira Kurosawa Tackles The World Of Crime Thrillers With High And Low
Doug’s Cinematic Firsties is a recurring series wherein Douglas Laman (A.K.A. NerdInTheBasement) will review a…
Forgotbusters: the Early Years | THE TRAIN (1965)
Why The Train Shouldn’t Be Forgotten, or 10 Things Action Filmmakers Need to Remember John…
Rashomon Contemplates The Inner Nature Of Man With A Unqiue Story Structure
Similar to his endlessly remade 1954 work Seven Samurai, Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 feature film Rashomon…
Film on the Television (9/25-27/15): THE BOOK OF ELI on TNT
Far from perfect but definitely underrated, The Book of Eli (2010) runs an interesting variation on the…