Contra Zoom Pod Episode 275: Seven Samurai at 70 Years
Bryan Loomis joins to discuss Seven Samurai on Contra Zoom Pod!
Akira Kurosawa
Contra Zoom Pod 226: Make/Remake Ikiru and Living
Dakota and Rachel look at the similarities and differences between 1952's Ikiru and 2022's Living!
Sundance 2022: Living Review
Bill Nighy's performance in Living is a master class in restraint in Oliver Hermanus and Kazuo Ishiguro's adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru.
The Criterion Shelf: Criterion Channel Essentials
If you're looking for key works in the realm of arthouse cinema, Bil Antoniou and ThatShelf.com writers Pat Mullen, Rachel West, Colin Biggs and Barbara Goslawski have looked through the Channel's Permanent Gallery and put together list and reasons for why you should start with these.
The Criterion Shelf: Best Foreign Language Film Winners
Overwhelmed by options on the Criterion Channel? Bil Antoniou is your guide to the site's collections and wants to tell you where to start first.
Black Hole Films Episode 95 – Throne of Blood
Saul Pincus joins Jeremy to watch THRONE OF BLOOD and dig deep into what it’s like to be a cinephile in 2019 when streaming services threaten to change it all.
Black Hole Films Episode 9 – Rashomon
Ep 9 - RASHOMON - Jennifer Whalen & Marvin Kaye join Jeremy to watch and discuss and how timely it is still and whether or not we can turn Rashomon into a verb.
The Development Slate Episode 52 – Rashomon
The Development Slate reimagines the Akira Kurosawa classic Rashomon!
The Magnificent Seven Review
It’s hard to match up to masterpieces, but The Magnificent Seven is still a fun ride through the wild west.
Play It Again, TIFF
Anchored by a week long run of a restoration of The Godfather Part II, the TIFF Bell Lightbox takes a look at some of history's greatest sequels with their latest film series.
Blu-Ray Round-Up: 2/10/14
We FINALLY start digging ourselves out of the backlog of DVDs and Blu-Rays we received over the past month with the first of two special home entertainment columns this week. Today we look at the hilarious Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, the intense Captain Phillips, the Adam Scott comedy A.C.O.D., Kuosawa's classic Throne of Blood on Criterion, and Dylan McDermott trapped in a Freezer.
Rubicon Review
As homages to Seven Samurai go, Rubicon is very well done: respectful to the source while still adding something new to keep it fresh and interesting.
Podcast 17: Spoiled for Choice
In this video game spectacular, Will, Jeff and Lucas are joined by their gassy friend Max to discuss the glut of video games that were offered by developers over the past month or so. They also talk about the demos they have been playing, some games they're looking forward to and a few awesome events happening in Toronto over the next few weeks.
