Features
Monday, August 15 2011
The 100 Essential Directors Part 5: Derek Jarman to Mike Leigh
Mid-way through our series, Day 5 is a glorious mishmash of international auteurist cinema. Today we go from saints and sinners, from Brookyln to Britain, from the beginning of time to the Dystopian future, and around the world and beyond.
Thursday, January 6 2011
The Best DVDs of 2010
As the medium continues to struggle with significance in the steady "streaming" of the 21st Century, here are PopMatters' picks for the best the format(s) have to offer.
Friday, October 22 2010
The Individual As Institution: Power, Loss and Madness in Kurosawa's Ran and Shakespeare's King Lear
By identifying Lear with the ancient Japanese warlord Hidetora, whose violations emerge from a breach of publicly identified self-hood, Akira Kurosawa plays with the quintessentially Shakespearean focus on individual personality.
Friday, October 22 2010
Kurosawa 101: Day Ten, 1991 - 1993
Today we bring to an end our examination of each of the films of Kurosawa directed in his amazing career. After the ambitious epic Ran, Kurosawa embarked a three smaller but more personal films.
Friday, October 22 2010
Comparing Akira Kurosawa’s Early and Late Films
There are some striking differences not only between the earlier films of Kurosawa and the later films, but in the very different ways that people have responded to these two different groups of films
Reviews
Friday, August 26 2011
'High and Low': This Is Not Your Typical Mindless Rich Guy
Akira Kurosawa makes a daring attempt to tell an epic story of rich businessmen, determined cops, and the low-end criminals and drug addicts struggling to survive.
Tuesday, April 6 2010
Yoijimbo & Sanjuro
Humor and irony evoke moral complexity in these classic films, now available in a truly stunning Blu-Ray transfer from Criterion.
Friday, April 2 2010
The StudioCanal Collection on Blu-ray: The Ladykillers, Ran, and Contempt
Lionsgate inaugurates a series of high-quality editions of classic films with the StudioCanal Collection on Blu-ray. The first releases include The Ladykillers, Ran, and Contempt.
Friday, March 5 2010
Akira Kurosawa: Master of Cinema by Peter Cowie
This lavishly illustrated, fascinating examination of Akira Kurosawa's work leaves tantalizing mysteries unsolved about the darker influences that affected his life.
Friday, October 16 2009
Throne of Blood
In Throne of Blood, Ambition appears as something outside of the human character that preys upon pride and contributes to the demise of the prideful.
Blogs
Saturday, November 27 2010
Beyond Essential: 'Seven Samurai' (Blu-ray)
Seven Samurai is so much more than a great film - and then again, that's exactly what it is.
Thursday, April 15 2010
AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa (exclusive photo gallery / wallpaper)
To celebrate the release of AK 100 and the 100th anniversary of Akira Kurosawa's birth, Image Entertainment has provided PopMatters with these exclusive Kurosawa stills…
Thursday, April 1 2010
AK 100: Akira Kurosawa 100th Anniversary (video)
Akira Kurosawa, who directed 30 films in 50 years, is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in film history. Any…
Tuesday, December 8 2009
AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa
AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa, The Criterion Collection [$399.00]
