DVD review: Rashomon
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Phelim O'Neill: Shone a spotlight on Japanese cinema that has not dimmed in the years since
Akira Kurosawa
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Fests and events, 10/9.
GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
'"There are currently two fantastic art exhibitions in Los Angeles that cinephiles won't want to miss, both offered by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences," notes Doug Cummings. "I've already written about Frédéric Back: A Life's Drawings...
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Akira Kurosawa: Film Artist
Filmjourney.org (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Ran: Ichimonji Hidetora There are currently two fantastic art exhibitions in Los Angeles that cinephiles won’t want to miss, both offered by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. I’ve already written about “Frédéric Back: A Life’s Drawings” in Hollywood (through November 1st). The second is “Akira Kurosawa: Film Artist” in Beverly Hills [...]
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Ian Buruma's 'The China Lover'
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Ian Buruma's evocative novel, "The China Lover" spans roughly 50 years of Japan's tumultuous modern history.
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Film show
Hindu (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
Coimbatore: Konangal presents a retrospective of Akira Kurosawa films. Hidden Fortress and Seven Samurai will be screened at the Coimbatore Cosmopolitan Club on Sunday September 28 between 9.45 am to 6 p.m. Both these classics are considered ...
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The best ever Asian films: What you said
CNN (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
"Oops -- missed a giant here, guys! How could you NOT include Akira Kurosawa's 'Seven Samurai' ('Shichinin No Samurai'). This is a granddaddy in the genre!" scolded Mary Ann.
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Kadokawa returns to director's chair
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Film News: 'Yamato' producer helming 'Laughing Cop' -- Producer Haruki Kadokawa, whose recent credits include the smash WW2 epic "Yamato" and the Akira Kurosawa period swashbuckler remake "Tsubaki Sanjuro," is directing his first pic in eleven years.
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It's Rashomon's Turn to Be Remade
Pajiba (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
It's Rashomon's Turn to Be Remade I Swear They're Like Ducks in a Row / Ranylt Richildis...
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‘Rashomon’ Remake
Screenhead (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Akira Kurosawa 1950 Rashomon is set for remake mode with Harbor Light Entertainment and Lotus as an International Consortium. The action of the story will move forward from ancient Japan to contemporary America where a court must decide the facts about the rape of a woman and the murder of her husband. The plan is to release [...]
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Modern-Day Rashomon Remake Gets Rolling
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Oh dear. Is someone really planning a "Rashomon" remake set in modern-day America...and calling it "Rashomon 2010"?
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- 'Rashomon' remake finds a Harbor - Variety.com
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Don't know much about history
MovingPictureBlog (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
According to Variety, the Los Angeles-based Harbor Light Entertainment and the Tokyo-based Lotus outfit have joined forces to produce an updated and Americanized remake of Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon . Excuse me, but didn't anyone warn these folks about how an earlier Americanized remake of this Kurosawa classic was received? And while we're on that subject: Miramax has announced plans to produce something...
- 'Rashomon' remake finds a Harbor - Variety.com
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Legalized Rashomon Remake on the Horizon at Harbor Light
FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Back in 1950, Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa released an award-winning puzzle of a drama called Rashomon that surrounded the rape of a wife and the apparent murder of her husband. Today, that film has been picked up by Harbor Light Entertainment and is slated to be Americanized come 2010. The studio actually announced the project back in 2001, but has had little success in getting it greenlit; that...
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Rashomon remake in the works
Reel Suave (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Harbor Light Entertainment and Tokyo based Lotus have assembled an international consortium to remake director Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 classic. The premise of the film will be shifted from ancient Japan to modern day America, where a court must decide the facts about the rape of a woman and the murder of her husband. The English language film will be titled Rashomon 2010. It will be joined by Los Angeles...
- 'Rashomon' remake finds a Harbor - Variety.com
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Sarah Jessica Parker Passes the 'Butter' [Trade Roundup]
Defamer (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
· Sarah Jessica Parker's long-refrigerated, "racially charged" drama Spinning Like Butter has finally found theatrical distribution after a nearly three-year wait, thus unleashing the...
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Russia selects Anna Melikyan
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
MOSCOW, September 23 (RIA Novosti) - Rusalka, a movie by Anna Melikyan, has been chosen as Russia's entry for next year's Oscars, Russia's national cinema academy said Tuesday. Rusalka ...
