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Although Akira Kurosawa is one of the best known and best loved directors in the history of cinema, there are strange gaps in the canon when it comes to writing about his work. For many people, Kurosawa's filmography begins with Rashomon and ends with Ran. Of… Continue reading
The other day I noticed ads on the internet for Invisible Target, a film I've had on DVD for quite some time. I assumed the ads were for some kind of internet Asian film shop, but in fact they were for the film itself, which has got a North American DVD… Continue reading
I didn't think it possible that a new movie by a filmmaker as important as Spike Lee could creep by me, but this one has, until now. A trailer was just put up on Yahoo! Movies for Miracle at St. Anna, his latest film, based on a novel of the same name by… Continue reading
The long praised, little seen, famous Frank Darabont draft of Indiana Jones is now out on the internet. Obviously downloading it would be just terrible and though initial hosts have gone down, it seems hard to stop a torrent of fans who have been baying for… Continue reading
Finally, it seems we have some solid information about the new Prisoner TV series that is shooting this year. I first read the news at AICN, though their television reporter wasn't quite sure if Six Of One was a reliable source. Six of One is the name of the… Continue reading
As you've probably read all over the internet in the past month, Ed Norton is not doing press for his new movie The Incredible Hulk, which he is apoplectic about being muscled out of. Except, as Jeremy pointed out in his article about Peter Bart today, he… Continue reading
Whenever the question of favourite actors working today comes around, I have stock answers which come straight out of my mouth. Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Tadanobu Asano are among the first names. The immediacy with which I produce these answers doesn't make… Continue reading
Just a quick mention about the state of modern festivals. The internet is a powerful tool for communicating about films, but it's a little unfocused. Without the internet, millions of people would never have heard of Miike, for example. But, on the other… Continue reading
It's criminal that Hiroshi Inagaki is not better known in the West. He directed some of the best, and best known, Japanese films in the world and even won an Academy Award. He's commanded samurai and ninja, shown fantasy and history. Yet he's almost… Continue reading
Thanks to everyone who has stuck with this article over the past two days. In today's final part, I'll be covering the final 3 classic Marx movies. At The Circus (1939) – Jeff Wilson played by Kenny Baker At The Circus was the first attempt at an MGM Marx… Continue reading
Today we'll cover four of the most well known and successful movies, and look at two of the most notable male leads to appear in the Marx Brothers pictures. The only two who ever made a repeat performance, in fact! Monkey Business (1931) Zeppo played by Zeppo… Continue reading
Almost every movie the Marx Brothers appeared in had some kind of love story element, copying the successful format laid down by their first film The Cocoanuts, which I wrote about yesterday. When the boys moved to MGM, Irving Thalberg also considered the… Continue reading
