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Akira Kurosawa

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5 days ago

King Lear is a masterpiece – as told by Akira Kurosawa rather than Shakespeare | Michael Billington

The tragedy’s mythic quality appeals to adapters the world over but the Japanese film-maker’s Ran, now rereleased, manages to solve the play’s problems

I have long had mixed feelings about King Lear. …

55 days ago

Highest 2 Lowest review – Spike Lee and Denzel Washington remake Kurosawa in fine style

Cannes film festival
Akira Kurosawa’s downbeat noir High and Low is retooled with Washington on magnificent form as a record producer whose godson is kidnapped by mistake

Spike Lee has made a brash, bo…

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