Tag: Akira Kurosawa

Criterion Collection: Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams | Blu-ray Review

Arguably the most revered and influential filmmaker to come out of the Japanese New Wave, Akira Kurosawa’s vast filmography spanned six decades, beginning with...

Criterion Collection: Ikiru | Blu-ray Review

In six decades of filmmaking and thirty plus titles in his filmography, it’s nearly impossible to determine the weighted importance concerning a number of...

Criterion Collection: The Hidden Fortress | Blu-ray Review

Criterion re-releases Akira Kurosawa’s 1958 adventure The Hidden Fortress for a ravishing blu-ray update this month, following hot on the heels of a similar...

IONCINEPHILE of the Month: David Robert Mitchell’s Top Fifteen Films of All Time List

Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile (read here), we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of identifying their top ten list of favorite films. This month we get not ten, but 15 and styled in a countdown manner from David Robert Mitchell, the filmmaker behind The Myth of the American Sleepover.

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Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

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Interview: Eivind Landsvik – Low Expectations | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

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