Kazakh New Wave director Ardak Amirkulov’s The Fall of Otrar is a hypnotic epic about one of world history’s crucial military battles. In the early thirteenth century, Genghis Khan conquered Otrar, a ...

From a widow's muted desire to politics to caste status quo to extra-judicial methods to tackle crime—Sholay is a gift that keeps teaching.

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How eccentric French designer Jérôme Mage transformed his LA brand, Jacques Marie Mage, into the most coveted and cultish ...

He highlights the idea that the interpretation as well as deriving meanings of art are subjective and embedded within the ...

Kurosawa in 4K, a two-week series of classics by the great Japanese director Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), gloriously restored in spectacular 4K, will run at Film Forum in New York City from Friday ...

The restored Sholay will keep film scholars busy for a while; but I hope it claims a small place in the consciousness of an audience born many years after it set screens on fire ...

The best Akira Kurosawa movies: Ran, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, Ikiru, Rashomon, Stray Dog, High and Low, and Dersu Uzala.

Censorship was the primary instrument of the Emergency and it resulted in the atomizing of society and the creation of fear ...

The legendary Bollywood epic "Sholay" will receive a fitting golden anniversary tribute when its fully restored, uncut version gets its world premiere at Italy's Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival on June ...

Satyajit Ray was the first Indian filmmaker to receive an honorary Oscar in 1992. His influence extended beyond India, inspiring global auteurs like Martin Scorsese and Akira Kurosawa. Ray’s ...

Akira Kurosawa's select features such as 'High and Low' will have 4K restoration premieres at the Film Forum.