Hail Horror! It Returns for 2024!

Time keeps on ticking, doesn't it? It feels like only yesterday I was exhausted, dehydrated, and mentally comatose after wrapping up the 10th annual Hooptober Horror Movie Marathon, and here we are, just a week away from Year 11. My streak remains unbroken, having participated in all ten previous marathons, and this time is no... Continue Reading →

Something Like a Filmography: Throne Of Blood (1957)

Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice 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: A vivid, visceral Macbeth adaptation, Throne of Blood, directed by Akira Kurosawa,... Continue Reading →

Something Like a Filmography: Ikiru (1952)

Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice 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: One of the greatest achievements by Akira Kurosawa, Ikiru... Continue Reading →

Something Like a Filmography: The Idiot (1951)

Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice 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: After finishing what would become his international phenomenon Rashomon,... Continue Reading →

Something Like a Filmography: Rashomon (1950)

Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice 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: A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature... Continue Reading →

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