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You often hear movie critics whining about sequels are announced. Why must we get another installment of a film? Has Hollywood run out of ideas? Most of the tim

During the '60s, Akira Kurasawa had two of his Samauri films adapted into Westerns. His masterpiece Seven Samauri became the Magnificent Seven with Steve McQuee

There are quite a few plays that take place in a single room that get optioned for potential movies. Normally the first thing a producer or director ponders is

Sarah Appleton and Jasper Sharp’s documentary, The J-Horror Virus, traces the origins and influences of a Japanese horror genre.

The team behind THE FOUND FOOTAGE PHENOMENON are back with another terrifying documentary.

During the glory days of VHS, the foreign film section of your local mom and pop store might have been a single rack. The boxes on display were mainly the class

When an argument comes up as to who made the best gangster films in the '70s and '80s with the choices being Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Brian De

Check out our review of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "Cure" from its new Criterion 4K release. In any form, this movie is a must-own.

From Crazy Thunder Road to Akira, James Balmont talks us through five thrilling Japanese features within the cyberpunk canon

Directed by Kinji Fukasaku/Kenta Fukasaku. Starring Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarô Yamamoto, Ai Maeda, and Shûgo Oshinari. SYNOPSIS: 4K UHD box set featuring the violent and hugely influential Japanese action shocker, along with its not-so-influential sequel. It would take the hardiest of armchair grouches to grumble at the quality of the 4K releases that Arrow Video have been putting out since their loaded release of Pitch Black last summer, and that trend continues with the upgrade of o...