At 70, Rashomôn Remains the Best Blockbuster Hollywood Never Made Jack Cameron August 28, 2020 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia Torrential rain batters against the skeleton of a half-destroyed building, where two men shelter inside. They are quiet and shell-shocked; ‘I can’t understand it. I can’t understand it at all’ is all...
“I Never Did This”: The Unreliable Narrator from Rashomon to I, Tonya Rory Steabler February 20, 2018 Analysis, Features, Top 10 There’s no such thing as truth! Everyone has their own truth. So claims Margot Robbie’s Tonya Harding – somewhat dubiously – over the trailer for I, Tonya. The film adapts the true story of...
Processing Kurosawa’s Dreams Eddie Falvey November 22, 2016 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Is Akira Kurosawa the greatest filmmaker of all time? There have certainly been crazier claims than that. Such unimpeachable masterpieces as Drunken Angel, Rashômon, Ikiru, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood,...
A Beginner’s Guide To… Akira Kurosawa Chris Davies January 10, 2014 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features 1 Comment Legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa has produced some of the most iconic films of the 1950s and 1960s, including Rashomon, Seven Samurai and Throne of Blood, as well as influencing countless...
