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Those who know Akira Kurosawa only for his samurai movies (a genre that includes his most famous titles) may be surprised when exposed to the “other side” of his work – less ostentatious films like Red Beard, High and Low, and (most nota...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Drama
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Takashi Shimura, Shin’ichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka, ...
Spoilers! Key plot points from Tokyo Story are revealed in this review.All-time best lists (such as the one published by Sight and Sound) are a little like “show” libraries stocked with classic volumes of literature. Disputing the preeminenc...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Drama
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Cast: Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, So Yamamura, ...
“Raped While Dying”, “And Still No Arrests”, “How Come, Chief Willoughby?” The text of those three billboards establishes a narrative but, although that’s the starting point for Martin McDonagh’s stellar Three Billboards Outside...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-11-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: Martin McDonagh
Cast: Frances McDormand, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, ...
It's rare that a film of such power opens in U.S. theaters during January. Of course, when it comes to foreign-language films, the usual "rules" don't apply and the latest offering from Hirokazu Kore-eda has arrived in art houses following a succes...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-01-17
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Mature Themes)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Cast: Masaharu Fukuyama, Machicko Ono, Yoko Maki, ...
Richard Linklater's Before trilogy (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight) looks to be headed in the same direction as Michael Apted's Up series: an exploration of the human condition over the passage of time. When Linklater and actors Eth...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-05-24
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
A glance at the IMDb listing for "Hamlet" turns up in excess of 70 entries, which is an indication of how popular a subject matter this most honored of Shakespeare's plays has been for cinematic adaptation. From the early silent era (1900) until t...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Laurence Olivier
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Basil Sydney, Eileen Herlie, ...
If you turn on the evening news these days, one of the first images you're likely to see will originate from the devastated former Yugoslavia, where centuries-old hatreds have boiled over to ignite a scenario of unspeakable horror. Yet the sights ...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Boro Draskovic
Cast: Mirjana Jokovic, Boris Isakovic
Certain historical periods provide rich and varied soil for the cultivation of motion picture storylines. The twilight of the Roman Empire is one. The American Civil War is another. World War II marks a third. And a fourth is the Chinese "Cultu...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-05-07
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Joan Chen
Cast: Lu Lu, Lopsang
21 Grams is a stunning kaleidoscope of a motion picture - a mosaic of images that gradually resolves itself into a powerful tale of tragedy and redemption. Not only is this one of the year's most compelling motion pictures, but, in terms of struct...
U.S. Release Date: 2003-11-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Cast: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts, ...
"I believe that for a long time now Chinese films have been too abstract, conceptual, gimmicky. They don't relate at all to the lives of ordinary Chinese people. I'm certain that most audiences will like this film. We haven't gone overboard on t...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Mature Themes, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Zhang Yimou
Cast: Ge You, Gong Li, Niu Ben, ...