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Remains of the Day: Akira Kurosawa in Venice, Akira Kurosawa on Criterion

Akira Deluxe. His 100th year anniversary means: tributes and a DVD set that should fill up a shelf. Here is some Kurosawa news and other cinema happenings on Tuesday, August 25th.

Eric Lavallée

Published on August 26, 2009

Akira Deluxe. His 100th year anniversary means: tributes and a DVD set that should fill up a shelf. Here is some Kurosawa news and other cinema happenings on Tuesday, August 25th.

1. A Tribute for the Master
Panel will discuss Akira Kurosawa’s work at the upcoming Venice Film Fest.

2. At Hits the Spot
Hunger is following Kurosawa by going the Criterion Collection Route.

3. Re-casting
Thanks to ThePlaylist for the Life During Wartime groundwork!

4. Keep this one Close to the Chest
Image Entertainment has picked up the U.S. rights to 44 Inch Chest.

5. Indicator
Directors Guild of America is set for January 30th.

6. Crickets Chirping
Sam Mendes and Christopher Hampton adapting Netherland.

7. Auteur Theory for 2 Years
MoMA Launches Two-Year “Auteurist History of Film” Series

8. Decisions, decisions, decisions.
TIFF 2009 Schedule is published.

1/2. Class is now in Session
Film Criticism: Beginning, Middle and End?

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).