Seven Samurai returns to UK cinemas and gets a new 4K UHD release
Akira Kurosawa’s SEVEN SAMURAI, one of the greatest action films ever made, and the BFI’s best-selling Blu-ray/DVD/VHS release of all...
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Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai is returning to cinemas with a new 4K restoration
One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Akira Kurosawa’s SEVEN SAMURAI tells the story of a sixteenth-century village...
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Akira Kurosawa’s best Non-Samurai Films
Akira Kurosawa directed thirty films over five decades that covered a number of different genres. The Japanese filmmaker is regarded as...
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Video Essay: Why Every Film Director Owes John Ford
This fascinating video by wolfcrow takes a good look at the films of John Ford and his influence on filmmakers through the years. John...
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Sundance 2022 Review: Living – “Truly elegant in its execution”
Every day, Mr. Williams (Bill Nighy) catches the same train into London. He always sees his employees on the commute but never sits with...
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Mifune – The four-week festival celebrating Toshirō Mifune begins next month
MIFUNE, a four-week festival of 33 films celebrating the legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune, will run at Film Forum in...
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Cool Video Essay: Eternal Movement – A Thematic Understanding of Akira Kurosawa
Like Stories of Old shared this wonderful video essay that explores the themes and filmmaking philosophy found in the work of Akira...
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HBO Max is working on a new TV show inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon
Amblin Television and HBO Max have announced that they have entered into a deal to develop a show inspired by the acclaimed Akira Kurosawa...
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Akira Kurosawa’s unmade films are going to be finished by a Chinese-Japanese team up
China’s Zhejiang Jinke Entertainment have teamed up with Kurosawa Production to produce the unfinished or unmade titles by the late Akira...
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Video Essay – A Fistful of Dollars and Yojimbo: A Comparative Feature
Jan-Michael Marshall put together this visual comparison between Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo (1961) and Sergio Leone’s A Fistful...
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