Akira Kurosawa

  • The Rundown

Kurosawa Meets Batman; How to Find Zodiac; Ryan Coogler Wrongly Detained

Akira Kurosawa seems to have influenced a sequence in The Batman; an author says the Zodiac Killer may finally be…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

Is The Batman Influenced by Kurosawa’s High and Low?

Warning: Spoilers follow for Matt Reeves’ The Batman and Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low (1963). If you don’t want it…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

A Star Wars Anime; Suicide Squad Exposed; Finish Your Thing

A Star Wars anime looks spectacular; The Suicide Squad and the destruction of plot armor; some theaters want vaccination proof;…

3 years ago
  • Directing

Sweet Country, Sour History, Great Moviemaking: Director Warwick Thornton on Sweet Country

“Australia was built on free labour. 180 years of free labour,” says director Warwick Thornton. He is talking, of course,…

6 years ago
  • Directing

How to Succeed as a Black Moviemaker—Or a Moviemaker Who Happens to Be Black

When I speak to young filmmakers, I am often asked what the unique challenges are in working a predominately white…

7 years ago
  • Criterion Crash Course

Criterion Crash Course: Moviemaking Lessons From Criterion’s Lone Wolf and Cub

Whether you’re a moviemaker, critic or devoted film collector, lovers of cinema can all agree: A Criterion Collection release is…

7 years ago
  • First Draft

First Draft: How To Create Moments For Your Characters To Shine

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, "First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Moments: They’re what the audience remembers…

8 years ago
  • Criterion Crash Course

Criterion Crash Course: Moviemaking Lessons From Criterion’s The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

Whether you’re a moviemaker, critic or devoted film collector, lovers of cinema can all agree: A Criterion Collection release is…

8 years ago
  • Articles - Features

The 25 Most Influential Directors of All Time, From Scorsese to Kubrick

Martin Scorsese. Stanley Kubrick. Alfred Hitchcock. As time passes, new models inevitably emerge. In art, politics and history, each generation…

22 years ago