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.

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

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

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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.

John Maclean remixes the samurai genre with dark humour, a blustery British backdrop, and a fiercely relatable teen lead to ...

As one waits, seated, for Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s world-premiere production of “Akira Kurosawa Explains His Movies ...

Lee's "re-imagining" of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller 'High and Low' also stars Ilfenesh Hadera, Jeffrey Wright, Wendell Pierce and rappers ASAP Rocky and Ice Spice.

According to early reviews at the Cannes Film Festival, Spike Lee and Denzel Washington have another winner on their hands.

Denzel Washington 's "unpredictable" new crime thriller Highest 2 Lowest has debuted with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes ...