Tag: Seven Samurai
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Something Like a Filmography: Seven Samurai (1954)
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 most thrilling movie epics of…
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Lost in the Mail: Chris’s 2022 Sight and Sound Ballot
What’s in a list, anyway? It’s something I’ve struggled with throughout my time as an online writer. But when you’re considering a set list of, as the BFI so brazenly puts it, the greatest films of all time, it becomes apparent that a list – any list – must encompass both a sense of inflexibility…
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Episode 00 – Kurosawa
The origins of this podcast go back to a previous podcast, where Jon and Chris talked about Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa for almost two hours. This is a lightly edited version of that conversation. Movies Discussed: High and Low, Ikiru, Seven Samurai, Rashomon. Yojimbo, Ran Follow us on Twitter: @jonmichaelnoise @cmvoss042