In the the final instalment of our action A-Z, Tom Jolliffe presents a selection of action movies beginning with W-Z… After a brief October hiatus, the A-Z of action returns. There’s not enough room in the month of horror for all those ‘splosions and cheesy one liners. It’s been a long journey, covering a gamut […]
Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo at 60
Chris Connor on Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo… Akira Kurosawa was one of the pioneers of world cinema in the 20th Century directing countless well-loved films particularly within the Samurai genre including Seven Samurai, Ran, Rashomon and one of the main inspirations behind Star Wars, 1958’s The Hidden Fortress. Many of Kurosawa’s films have been adapted in […]
Modern-day A Fistful of Dollars TV series in development
Deadline has revealed that A Fistful of Dollars, the Spaghetti Western that launched Clint Eastwood’s career and was the first of director Sergio Leonne’s The Man With No Name Trilogy, is set for a modern day TV series adaptation with Mark Gordon Pictures developing the project. Mark Gordon Pictures acquired the rights to A Fistful of […]
10 Films You Must Watch On The New Criterion Channel
EJ Moreno on the 10 must-see films on The Criterion Channel… Cinephiles and film school rejects felt crushed when WarnerMedia’s Filmstruck, a streaming service filled with classic and contemporary cinema, shut down late last year. Filmstruck included hundreds and hundreds of the greatest films ever created and allowed new and old fans to enjoy them […]
