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Living

By Andy Howell | September 2022

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022 REVIEW! In Living, Mr. Williams (Bill Nighy) humorlessly goes about his existence as a midcentury London bureaucrat until…

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TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022 REVIEW! In Living, Mr. Williams (Bill Nighy) humorlessly goes about his existence as a midcentury London...

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This was my first Kurosawa film. Like many "Star Wars" fans who grew up in the 1970s and 80s, I learned of this movie's influence on Lucas' blockbuster and...

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"Throne of Blood" may not be mentioned as often as some of Akira Kurosawa's other classic samurai films, but it's certainly worthy of the honor. Its heavy...

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As Criterion continues bestowing more lavish treatment on Kurosawa's films, it was a given that a more elaborate version of "Rashomon" would show up sooner...