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10 Classic Foreign Films You Might Have Missed

Every year it seems like someone complains that this year’s movies weren’t as good as last’s. While we believe there are still plenty of films worthy of our time, it’s always good to revisit the classics, especially ones we’ve not yet seen.  read more

Ten Criterion Collection Movies to Watch on Hulu Plus

The Criterion Collection is known for distributing some of the world's greatest films in the highest quality with special features that enrich the appreciation of cinema...  read more

Nichols remaking Kurosawa's High and Low with Mamet

As far as remakes go, few directors have had their works re-imagined as many times as Akira Kurosawa. The most famous of these, A Fistful of Dollars and The Magnificent Seven, have been almost as successful as the originals. Since Kurosawa sticks to such universal themes and does so with a self-consciously Western eye, it's no surprise that as time goes by more directors are looking back to Kurosawa for future inspiration....  read more

The Lower Depths (DVD)

Have you ever had it blue? Well, you may have had your bad days, but it was likely a walk in the park compared to what happens to the poor souls in Maxim Gorky’s harrowing 1902 drama, The Lower Depths...  read more

Ikiru

We all will die. We all know it. But it’s the moment of complete mortal awareness that is perhaps mankind’s greatest fear: the instant when we can count the finite sum of our days on Earth. It’s the Big Subject for writers and artists, requiring a deft hand to avoid bromide philosophizing and saccharine sentiment. Ingmar Bergman’s Wild Strawberries (1957) created a universally resonating statement by beautifully portraying one man’s struggle with his numbered days. Five years earlier Akira Kurosawa offered his own masterful rumination on mortality with Ikiru. In the film, we meet the aging civil servant Kaji Watanabe,...  read more