Jack is a filmmaker, screenwriter, and novelist with a passion for the entertainment industry. After graduating from film school, he devotes most of his free time to directing short films or writing ...

Ghost of Tsushima pays homage to the samurai films of Akira Kurosawa. The enduring appeal of Kurosawa’s samurai films speaks to their unique position in the cultural canon. They are at once archetypal ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. One of Clint Eastwood's more popular movies — Sergio Leone's 1964 Western "A Fistful of Dollars" — was an unofficial remake of Akira ...

One reason movie lovers the world over hold the filmmaker Akira Kurosawa in such high regard is that he instilled visceral excitement into Japanese cinema as no one had before him. Whether he was more ...

History is filled with talented directors, many of whom are active today (directors like Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, and many others). Unfortunately, as fantastic as these ...

Akira Kurosawa is the Homer of the current cinema, and like Homer he some times nods. Yet in two pictures now showing in the U.S., the great Japanese director (Rashomon, Ikiru, Yojimbo) demonstrates ...

Anja Djuricic was born in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1992. Her first interest in film started very early, as she learned to speak English by watching Disney animated movies (and many, many reruns). Anja ...