Long Take is a revelatory new portrait of Akira Kurosawa, the masterful Japanese filmmaker whose classic films include Rashoman (1950) The post Akira Kurosawa’s 20 Favorite Early Films appeared first ...

Credits: Directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyoko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Tsutomu Yamazaki. Rating/Runtime: Not rated. 143 minutes. Streaming on various services.

In the new Spike Lee film “Highest 2 Lowest,” Denzel Washington stars as music mogul David King. He lives at the top of the world — which, of course, is a New York City zip code — in a glittering ...

Before watching Spike Lee and Denzel Washington's remake of Akira Kurosawa's High and Low this week, fans need to revisit Lee's iconic feature debut, which was also inspired by the legendary Japanese ...

It might surprise some movie fans, but Spike Lee’s latest film, Highest 2 Lowest, Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low, and an old 1962 TV episode all come from the same source material. The crime novel King ...

There’s a reason why Spike Lee’s latest, “Highest 2 Lowest” opens with “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'” from “Oklahoma!” playing over swooning aerial views of the high-rises of New York. The oldest of ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Official image from ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ courtesy of A24. The first act of Akira Kurosawa’s “High ...

Upon receiving notice of an upcoming program at Film Forum, “Kurosawa in 4K,” I was happy to get the opportunity to see a group of movies by Akira Kurosawa (1910-88) on a big screen while ...