Julia Izumi’s self-absorbed solo show offers weak humor, clunky staging, and little emotional payoff beneath its quirky ...

Denis Villeneuve is best known for his sci-fi epics, and he praises this samurai classic as one of his favorite films.

Hit Westerns were guaranteed a forgettable sequel and The Magnificent Seven managed to get three (plus a despised TV version, ...

Julia Izumi’s “Akira Kurosawa Explains His Movies and Yogurt (With Live & Active Cultures!)” at Woolly Mammoth is a ...

The coming months will bring a 28 Days Later sequel and a new John Wick movie starring Ana de Armas. Midsommar's Ari Aster ...

Renowned for the use of martial arts in his action films, Steven Seagal's love for this Akira Kurosawa film doesn't come as a surprise.

Denzel Washington gives his most commanding screen performance in ages as a music tycoon who thinks his son has been ...

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene ...

Lee's "re-imagining" of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller 'High and Low' also stars Ilfenesh Hadera, Jeffrey Wright, ...

Spike Lee and Denzel Washington have walked a long road together. The director and actor’s collaboration has run for 35 years ...