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What is Rebel Moon? Everything we know about Zack Snyder's new Netflix space opera

The Man of Steel director is off to Rebel Moon for an adventure inspired by both Star Wars and Akira Kurosawa.

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Japan's Takeshi Kitano returns with 'queer' warlord epic

Cannes (France) (AFP) - Cult Japanese director Takeshi Kitano has returned after more than a decade, premiering his new film at Cannes -- a bloody quest for power punctuated by love between warriors.

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Kitano returns to Cannes, 'indifferent' to success

Tokyo (AFP) - Takeshi Kitano makes his comeback at Cannes next week with a new samurai epic, but the cult Japanese filmmaker told AFP that he strives to remain "indifferent" to success.

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9 The Mandalorian Behind-The-Scenes Secrets About Pedro Pascal's Star Wars Character

There is more to learn about Pedro Pascal's The Mandalorian character from behind-the-scenes.

Cinemablend

I Watched Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress To See How Close It Really Is To Star Wars - This Is What I Found

As many Star Wars fans know, George Lucas was inspired by Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress. But, by how much? Well, you're about to find out.

Cinemablend

5 Classic Japanese Films That Were Not Directed By Akira Kurosawa

There are a great many classic Japanese films that weren't directed by Akira Kurosawa. Here are just a few of them.

Cinemablend

'God of War Ragnarök’s Black and White Mode Makes No Sense

'God of War Ragnarök's latest use of cinematic visuals is proof games need to stop lifting from movies without purpose.

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Michael Phillips: The movies’ greatest action scenes, from the silent era to ‘John Wick 4′

With director Chad Stahelski’s massively successful opening week of “John Wick: Chapter 4” dominating a nervous film industry at the moment, the time is right to argue about the movies’ century-plus tradition of action cinema.

Chicago Tribune

Bill Nighy plays a dying council worker looking for meaning in Living, which reaches for profundity but ultimately rings hollow

The British actor was nominated for best actor at the Oscars for his role in this 50s-set drama written by Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro.

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‘Eighty-nine perfect minutes’: 30 of the best short films and novels

Is the trend for epic movies and hefty novels getting too much? Our critics redress the balance with a classic compilation of shorter works – plus 10 long ones that are worth your time

The Guardian - UK

The blink-and-you-miss-them film references in 'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish'

The DNA of "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish" is less 16th-century Italian fairy tale than it is 20th-century Sergio Leone and Akira Kurosawa. Several shots in the animated sequel are directly inspired by some of those masters' most famous images. It's all part of how the "Puss" filmmakers used…

Los Angeles Times

Film-maker Hassan Nazer on his love letter to Iranian cinema

The Scottish-Iranian director’s heartwarming new film, Winners, tells the tale of a child in Iran boy with a passion for movies

The Guardian - UK

Telluride Film Festival co-founder Tom Luddy dies at 79

Tom Luddy, who co-founded the Telluride Film Festival as part of a long and varied career in the film industry, has died at age 79.

Los Angeles Times

'Rebel Moon' release date, cast, trailer, and plot for the Zack Snyder sci-fi

Zack Snyder and Netflix are reaching for the stars with an original new sci-fi, 'Rebel Moon.' Here's everything we know so far.

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Review: Bill Nighy's elegant performance shows character's zest for 'Living'

Conventional wisdom says it's a bad idea to remake a classic. Fortunately, "Living" ignored that wisdom.

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'Living' review: Bill Nighy captivates in this small, quiet tale

It should come as no shock that the great novelist Kazuo Ishiguro ("The Remains of the Day," "Never Let Me Go," "Klara and the Sun") has a beautifully delicate hand as a screenwriter — but nonetheless "Living," directed by Oliver Hermanus and based on Akira Kurosawa's 1952 film "Ikiru," arrives…

Boston Herald

Movie review: Bill Nighy triumphs in poignant ‘Living’

A greatly moving hybrid film, the British entry “Living” is based on the 1952 film “Ikiru” by the Japanese master Akira Kurosawa, itself loosely based on Leo Tolstoy’s 1886 novella “The Death of Ivan Ilyich.” The Kurosawa film features a great Takashi Shimura (“Seven Samurai”) in the lead. “Living,” which…

Los Angeles Times

Review: If you doubted the greatness of Bill Nighy, a moving new drama offers 'Living' proof

Not long into "Living," Mr. Williams learns that he has not long to live. The news doesn't come as a huge shock, but even if it did, you gather, nothing about this man — not his stiff posture, his calmly appraising gaze or his thin, flat line of a mouth…

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Nobel-winner Ishiguro pens Oscar-tipped 1950s remake 'Living'

Los Angeles (AFP) - Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro has been obsessed for half a century with "Ikiru," a classic Japanese film about an aging bureaucrat who after being diagnosed with cancer races to find meaning in what remains of his monotonous life.

The Guardian - UK

Living review – Kazuo Ishiguro elegantly adapts 1950s mortality tale

Bill Nighy and Aimee Lou Wood give deeply affecting performances in this melancholy, understated tale of mortality and lost youth based on Kurosawa’s classic film, Ikiru

The Independent UK

Living review: Bill Nighy delivers an almost startling transformation in this beautiful period drama

In a performance tipped for Oscar attention, the British actor sheds his trademark, twinkling charisma like snakeskin

Evening Standard

Kazuo Ishiguro on his first film in 17 years, defending ‘woke’ culture and his fears for young people

“We haven’t made way for the younger generation perhaps to the extent that we should have done”

The Hindu

Books on Coimbatore’s history, cinema masters, and cinema essays released at the Coimbatore Book Festival

A round up of books on Coimbatore’s history, cinema masters, and a compilation of cinema essays released at the just-concluded Coimbatore Book Festival

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Ishiguro pens screenplay of 'Ikiru' remake

VENICE -- A remake of Akira Kurosawa's classic film "Ikiru" with a screenplay by the Japanese-born British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro was screened at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on Thursday.

The Hindu

Books on Coimbatore’s history, cinema masters, and cinema essays released at the Coimbatore Book Festival

A round up of books on Coimbatore’s history, cinema masters, and a compilation of cinema essays released at the just-concluded Coimbatore Book Festival

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