Machiko Kyo. Japanese star Machiko Kyo was seen in several of the most widely admired cinema classics of the 1950s, including Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon, Kenji Mizoguchi’s Ugetsu, and Teinosuke Kinugasa’s…
The Great Wall movie with Matt Damon: Awkward-accented British mercenary fights the Taotie in costly Chinese-American collaboration. ‘The Great Wall’ movie: Zhang Yimou-Matt Damon collaboration evidence that – for better…
Scariest Movies: Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’ with Janet Leigh, John Gavin and Vera Miles. Scariest movies ever made: The top 100 horror films according to the Chicago Film Critics I tend…
Nagisa Oshima: In the Realm of the Senses Iconoclastic Filmmaker dead at 80 Nagisa Oshima, best known as the director of the sexually charged 1976 psychological drama Ai No Corrida…
This Is Not a Film with Jafar Panahi and the iguana Igi. Under house arrest[1] following accusations of spreading “propaganda against the Islamic Republic” of Iran, filmmaker Jafar Panahi (Cannes…
The Monkey King 3D. Who is the Monkey King? Chance to find out as Chinese animated classic to have West Coast premiere The Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven in 3D…
I Saw the Devil with Lee Byung-hun. Released in August 2010 in South Korea, Kim Jee-woon’s psychological action thriller I Saw the Devil stars Blue Dragon Award nominee Lee Byung-hun…
Persepolis controversy: Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud animated feature offends – some of – Tunisia’s Fundamentalist Muslims. Persepolis Broadcast: Tunisian Television Station President Apologizes to Offended Muslims Three days ago…
Carice van Houten and Rutger Hauer in ‘Black Butterflies’ Carice van Houten & ‘She Monkeys’: Tribeca Film Festival Awards Writer-director Lisa Aschan’s feature film debut, the Swedish lesbian drama She…
Close-Up movie directed by Abbas Kiarostami. Abbas Kiarostami is one of those “name” non-American directors who is looked to as a god. The low-budget Nema-ye Nazdik / Close-Up is the second…
What is Ran? Akira Kurosawa period epic is not an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s King Lear. Mieko Harada pictured. “Critical cribbing” is a term I coined in regard to the…
Seven Samurai with Toshiro Mifune. ‘Seven Samurai’ analysis: Akira Kurosawa movie gets better after repeated viewings Some films get better after repeated viewings. Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 black-and-white drama Seven Samurai…
Jennylyn Mercado in Rosario: Period feminist drama has been a box office disappointment at this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival. Metro Manila Film Festival: Jennylyn Mercado Best Actress snub +…
Watching Akira Kurosawa’s 1948 black-and-white effort Yoidore Tenshi / Drunken Angel is an interesting experience, for he clearly had not mastered the art form, yet. Even so, there is so…
Michelle Yeoh in Reign of Assassins: Martial arts practice. Michelle Yeoh martial arts skills displayed in ‘Reign of Assassins’ Chao-Bin Su’s upcoming Reign of Assassins marks the return of Michelle…