Long Take is a revelatory new portrait of Akira Kurosawa, the masterful Japanese filmmaker whose classic films include Rashoman (1950) The post Akira Kurosawa’s 20 Favorite Early Films appeared first ...

Ahead of the "Cure" director's latest streaming on Criterion starting October 7, watch an exclusive clip where he unpacks his techno-revenge movie's relationship to Sam Peckinpah's "Straw Dogs." “Hell ...

The great Japanese genre director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, whose latest film is “Cloud,” has mastered the cinema of psychological fright. Here’s why you should watch his work. By Carlos Aguilar “Who are you?

Primer is The A.V. Club‘s ongoing series of beginners’ guides to pop culture’s most notable subjects: filmmakers, music styles, literary genres, and whatever else interests us—and hopefully you. The ...

In 2020, Sucker Punch struck a deal with the estate of the late Samurai film director, Akira Kurosawa, to bring a black-and-white Kurosawa mode into Ghost of Tsushima. During this week's State of Play ...

One of the most acclaimed directors of all time, Kurosawa made films that crossed cultural barriers to reveal universal truths. For many Americans, when they think of Japanese cinema, if their mind ...

The uncertainties of the country’s shifting immigration landscape hung heavy over the 2025 James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards at the Lyric Opera in Chicago Monday evening, where Japanese dining ...

CHICAGO -- To kick off the 2025 James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards red carpet outside the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Kristen Reynolds, the new president and CEO of Choose Chicago, made it loud and ...

EXCLUSIVE: Cloud, written and directed by Japanese veteran director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, will open in U.S. theaters on July 18. Released by Sideshow and Janus Films, the film will open in New York on ...