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From the blog of Herbert J. Cohen at The Times of Israel

Nighy earned his first Oscar nod for this British adaptation of Kurosawa's Ikiru.

DVD film review by Markie Robson-Scott

Living, the new film from South African director Oliver Hermanus, works a strange and leisurely magic.

The film is a “reimagining” of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 masterpiece <em>Ikiru</em> (To Live), which in turn was originally inspired by Leo Tolstoy’s novella <em>The Death of Ivan Ilyich</em> (1886).

Oliver Hermanus (Moffie) directs Bill Nighy in his Academy Award-nominated role as Mr. Rodney Williams, a humorless bureaucrat who in 1953 London receives a fatal...

Even though it feels the need to over explain itself in the final stretch, “Living” features a fantastic central performance and a strong, sentimental narrative sure to keep audiences invested

Set in 1953 England, Bill Nighy is a terminally ill widower making a last-ditch effort to turn an ordinary life into an extraordinary one.

With ’Living,’ gay director Oliver Hermanus and screenwriter Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro have met the challenge of creating an English version of Akira Kurosawa’s "Ikiru."

With ’Living,’ gay director Oliver Hermanus and screenwriter Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro have met the challenge of creating an English version of Akira Kurosawa’s "Ikiru."