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Tokyo International Film Festival 2024: Orang Ikan, Missing Child Videotape, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
On the Sustained Emotional Strength of Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru
Looking Back at Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cure
A Gust of Wind: Kiyoshi Kurosawa on “Creepy”
Celebrating the Kurosawa-Mifune collaboration
Directorama: Ozu, Ford & Kurosawa (and Ichikawa?)
Cannes 1980: Kurosawa at Cannes
Akira Kurosawa focused on individual, ethical dilemmas
The Urban Environment: A Conversation with Tatsu Aoki, Avant-Garde Filmmaker
The Woman Who Saved “Star Wars”: Marcia Lucas (1945-2026)
Home Entertainment Guide May 2026: The Bride!, Wuthering Heights, Sentimental Value, More
Ten Great Performances of Cannes 2026
Cannes 2026 Video #1: The 79th Cannes Film Festival Begins!
Home Entertainment Guide April 2026: Send Help, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Highest 2 Lowest, More
Cannes Announces 2026 Program with New Films by Pedro Almodovar, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Asghar Farhadi, More
Home Entertainment Guide February 2026: “Predator: Badlands,” “Song Song Blue,” “A Little Prayer,” More
Chaz Ebert’s 30 Best Movies of 2025 (and One Guilty Pleasure)
Tokyo Film Festival 2025: “Sato and Sato,” “Blue Boy Trial,” “Poca Pon,” “Blonde”
The Darkest Samurai Film Ever Made: Toshio Matsumoto’s “Shura”
NYFF 2025: The 63rd Edition Comes to a Close
“The Ghost of Yōtei” is One of the Most Cinematic Games of the Year
Home Entertainment Guide: “28 Years Later,” “Materialists,” “Superman,” “Jurassic World Rebirth,” More
Robert Daniels & Odie Henderson Talk “Highest 2 Lowest”
Cannes 2025: Second Takes on a Few Fest Darlings
January 2025 Blu-Ray Guide: “Hundreds of Beavers,” “Smile 2,” “Venom: The Last Dance,” and More
The 10 Best Horror Films of 2024
Home Entertainment Guide: November 2024
Tokyo International Film Festival 2024: “Apollon by Day, Athena by Night,” “Underground,” “Emmanuelle”
J-Horror Lives: Introducing “Missing Child Videotape” Director Ryota Kondo
Apocalypse Then: Godzilla Minus One Minus Color
Tokyo International Film Festival 2024: Godzilla Turns 70
CIFF 2024: Cloud, Grafted, Parvulos
New York Film Festival 2024: Preview and Thoughts on “The Brutalist,” “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”
The 10 Most Intriguing Titles at the 2024 Venice Film Festival
Seven Samurai Continues Its Ride Through Cinema’s Past and Future
Furiosa Doesn’t Feel Like Any Other Mad Max Film, and That’s What’s Wonderful About It
Cannes 2024: Normal Normal or Cannes Normal?
Cannes 2024 Video #2: The Festival Takes Off
A Preview of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival
I’ve Never Seen Anything Like It Before: Roger Corman (1926-2024)
Death Feels Very Close: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi on Evil Does Not Exist
It’s OK For Movies to Just End
Rise of the Ronin Wastes Interesting Setting with Clunky Gameplay
Japanese Horror Comes to the Film Forum
Home Entertainment Guide: August 2023
Creatures of the Id: Celebrating Ishirō Honda’s 1968 Masterpiece, Destroy All Monsters
Five Great Tales from Cannes’ Past
Home Entertainment Guide: April 2023
A Road Paved with Bloodshed: High Plains Drifter Turns 50
The Whole Gag is Excess: Chad Stahelski on John Wick: Chapter 4
Only Remember Beautiful Moments: Carlos Saura (1932-2023)
Tom Luddy (1943-2023)
Book Excerpt: In the Time of Kiarostami: Writings on Iranian Cinema by Godfrey Cheshire
Tragedy Actually Brings Hope: Bill Nighy on Living
Isaac Feldberg’s Overlooked Films of 2022
Home Entertainment Guide: Horror Movie Edition
Major Questions of the 2022 Oscar Race After TIFF
Roger’s Top Ten Lists: Best Films of the 1980s
Sundance 2022: When You Finish Saving the World, Living, Call Jane
Sundance 2022: 20 Films We Can’t Wait to See
First Four Laika Releases Get Special Edition Blu-rays
Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut Expands Gorgeous Game
Sonny Chiba: 1939-2021
Bringing Out the Dead: A Pandemic Dialogue
Medium’s David Bates Remembers Roger Ebert
The 10 Best Films for National Paranormal Day
Magical Feelings of East Meets West: Sion Sono on Prisoners of the Ghostland
Meet the Writers: Carlos Aguilar
Home Entertainment Guide: October 2020
The Art Takes You Out of This: RZA on Cut Throat City
Sony’s Ghost of Tsushima Pays Homage to Samurai Cinema
Nausicaä Awakens: The Influence of Hayao Miyazaki on the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
Smile When You Say That: Joker’s Last Laugh
NYFF 2019: A Year of Milestones
Takashi Miike on First Love, Directing 103 Films, Subconscious Inspirations and More
Venice 2019: The King, About Endlessness, Babyteeth
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: July 11, 2019
A Sneak Peek at The Mandalorian from Star Wars Celebration Chicago
Book Review: The Star Wars Archives 1977-1983
John McNaughton on 1993’s Mad Dog & Glory, Directing Robert De Niro, the Loss of Luke Perry and More
The Best Current Source for Streaming Classic Movies is … Amazon Prime?
Beata Virgo Viscera: a Feature-Length Unloved Video Essay by Scout Tafoya
Gareth Evans on the Brutal Violence and Practical Effects of Apostle
NYFF 2018: The Slows, In My Room, Sorry Angel, Too Late to Die Young
2018 Japan Cuts Festival Preview
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: July 5, 2018
Book Review: People Only Die of Love in Movies: Film Writing by Jim Ridley
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: March 1, 2018
Blu-ray Review: Criterion’s “100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912-2012”
NYFF 2017: “The Rape of Recy Taylor,” “Before We Vanish”
2017 Japan Cuts Festival Preview
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: June 22, 2017
Cannes 2017: “Happy End,” “The Meyerowitz Stories,” “Before We Vanish”
Ebertfest 2017: “Hysteria,” “The Handmaiden,” “Elle”
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Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: January 5, 2017
Make it To Shore: The Staff Says Goodbye to Carrie Fisher
