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Donald Richie dies at 88; interpreted Japan for the West
Donald Richie, an American expatriate in Japan who became that country's preeminent Western interpreter, explaining its culture — from cinema to Zen to tattoos — in books and essays that illuminated the author's psyche as much as that of his...
Tags: Literature, The New York Times, Authors, Museum of Modern Art, Japan
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Gems from the '50s: Kenneth Turan's DVD picks of the week
As far as decades go, the 1950s are sometimes characterized as a boring time when nothing of significance really happened. But you wouldn’t know it by these two exemplary films with new DVD releases to boast about. Made in 1950, Akira Kurosawa&...
Tags: Eva Marie Saint, Academy Awards, Marlon Brando, Entertainment, Akira Kurosawa
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DVD review: Kurosawa classic 'Rashomon' brushed up for Blu-ray
It's not just that Akira Kurosawa's 1950 “Rashomon” brought Japanese film to the west; or that it introduced to us the young, rising Toshiro Mifune; or that its title has become the universal shorthand for the uncertainty of the truth, as seen...
Tags: Blu-ray Discs, Rashomon (movie), Entertainment, DVDs, Akira Kurosawa
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DVD review: 'Samurai Trilogy' is a cut above predecessor
In 1954, Japan's Toho studio made three films that achieved enduring international success. The first was Akira Kurosawa's “Seven Samurai,” which shows up within the top 10 of nearly every international critics' poll. The second was “...
Tags: Academy Awards, Blu-ray Discs, Entertainment, Japan, DVDs
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John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis get TCM marathons
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelTCM starts its Summer Under the Stars festival Wednesday with John Wayne, arguably the biggest movie star of all. Each day in August, starting at 6 a.m., the channel will salute a performer with a 24-hour marathon. What is Wayne's best? I vote “... -
What Next for Richard Chamberlain After 'Shogun?'
The Daily MirrorFeb. 24, 1981: Young persons…. There was once a sensationally popular TV miniseries called “Shogun,” based on James Clavell’s novel set in feudal Japan, that aired in September 1980 and starred Richard Chamberlain, the former... -
'Valhalla Rising' is itching for a fight
Brand XOne of my least pleasant childhood movie memories is of seeing Richard Fleischer's 1958 “The Vikings” on the big screen. The sight of an eagle clawing out Kirk Douglas's left eye was a bit much for my tender 8-year-old sensibilities. (Did it actu... -
Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'The Forgotten' wraps its season
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of March 7 - 13 in PDF format This week's TV movies BONES: Russell (Christian Slater, right) investigates remains found in a box in the season finale of "The Forgotten" at...... -
Keanu Reeves Joins '47 Ronin'
Zap2It.comWhoa. The next role for "The Day the Earth Stood Still" star Keanu Reeves is noticably more Earthbound. Reeves will play a samurai out to avenge his master's death in Universal's upcoming pic "47 Ronin," according to Variety. The story, based on true...Tags: Wanted (movie), Gaming, The Day the Earth Stood Still (movie, 2008), Keanu Reeves, Entertainment
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75 achievements Oscar forgot
Tribune movie criticWhen the Oscar nominations come out Tuesday, there are bound to be cries of injustice -- and in many cases, those charges will have merit. Can anyone really defend the exclusion from the Oscar nominee list in various years of movies such as "Some Like...Tags: Paul McCartney, John Huston, James Dean, Ira Gershwin, Natalie Wood
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Fallen Angels
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday May 22, 1998 With "Fallen Angels" Wong Kar-Wai returns to the vignette form and the razzle-dazzle style of "Chungking Express," the film that made him internationally famous. Once again Wong takes us into Hong Kong at night, a...Tags: Hong Kong, Cinema Industry, Entertainment, Movies
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'Mifune'
Times Staff WriterTalk about bad timing. The hero of Soren Kragh-Jacobsen's brutally funny "Mifune" has just married the daughter of his boss, a Copenhagen business tycoon, and given her an ecstatic bridal night when he receives a phone call that his own father, whose...Tags: Family, Copenhagen (Denmark), Sony Corp., Drama (genre), Lars von Trier
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