Akira Kurosawa's war film Ran has been labelled as 'the greatest war movie ever made' and is available to stream on the BFI's ...

The opening images of Tornado are striking. A wild-haired young woman in Japanese peasant garb runs for her life through a ...

Tornado is many things: a British period drama, a western, a samurai film, a coming-of-age story and an origin story. Set in ...

Hideo Kojima's passion for cinema is well-documented, so it's no surprise the pioneering video game designer's favorite ...

World famous filmmaker and Disney sellout billionaire George Lucas came of age mixed into the street racing scene of Modesto, ...

Spike Lee’s deliriously entertaining — if jarringly upbeat — “Highest 2 Lowest” modernizes the post-war anxieties of Akira Kurosawa’s “High and Low” for the age of parasocial ...

Yet again a filmmaker has gone to the throne of Japanese giant Akira Kurosawa for inspiration ... Matthew Libatique’s sharp cinematography also shows off New York City to its full potential ...

In a bid to find a way forward, with “Highest 2 Lowest,” an exceptional piece of personal filmmaking that might be Lee’s most energetic film since “Inside Man,” the director returns to two early loves ...

There’s enormous risk in remaking a movie like “High and Low.” Japanese master Akira Kurosawa set the bar high with his 1963 take on a kidnapping that brings an ambitious businessman to his ...

Cinema might look strikingly different if Akira Kurosawa had never graced audiences ... with his meticulous attention to detail, considered cinematography, and epic productions. As a result, Kurosawa ...

Loosely inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low—itself ... Written by William Alan Fox and shot by acclaimed cinematographer Matthew Libatique, the film marks Lee’s first feature since ...