Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa.โTwice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa's legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts' lives. FROM THE BOX:โFor his final film, Akira Kurosawa paid tribute... Continue Reading →
Something Like a Filmography: Rhapsody in August (1991)
Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa.โTwice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa's legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts' lives. FROM THE BOX:โSet in the gorgeous countryside surrounding, this endearing... Continue Reading →
Something Like a Filmography: Dreams (1990)
Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa.โTwice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa's legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts' lives. FROM THE BOX:โUnfolding in a series of eight mythic vignettes,... Continue Reading →
Something Like a Filmography: Ran (1985)
Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa.โTwice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa's legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts' lives. FROM THE BOX:โWith Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as... Continue Reading →
Something Like a Filmography: Kagemusha (1980)
Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa.โTwice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa's legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts' lives. FROM THE BOX:โWhen a warlord dies, a peasant thief is... Continue Reading →
Something Like a Filmography: Dersu Uzala (1975)
Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa.โTwice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa's legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts' lives. FROM THE BOX:โTHERE IS MAN AND BEAST AT NATUREโS MERCY.... Continue Reading →
Something Like a Filmography: Dodesโka-den (1970)
Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa.โTwice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa's legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts' lives. FROM THE BOX:โBy turns tragic and transcendent, Akira Kurosawaโs film... Continue Reading →
Book Report: Condorman by Joe Claro
Jon writes a book report on the Condorman novelization by Joe Claro, for reasons that seemed good to him at the time.
Something Like a Filmography: Red Beard (1965)
Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa.โTwice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa's legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts' lives. FROM THE BOX:โA testament to the goodness of humankind, Akira... Continue Reading →
Something Like a Filmography: High And Low (1963)
Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa.โTwice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa's legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts' lives. FROM THE BOX:โToshiro Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo, a... Continue Reading →
