A Fistful of Dollars may have been the film that turned Clint Eastwood into a star, but it's also a clear copy of the earlier released samurai epic, Yojimbo. Before A Fistful of Dollars, Eastwood had ...

One reason movie lovers the world over hold the filmmaker Akira Kurosawa in such high regard is that he instilled visceral excitement into Japanese cinema as no one had before him. Whether he was more ...

Slab Cinema will screen Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo at Legacy Park on Tuesday. Credit: The Criterion Collection As the latest entry in Slab Cinema’s Arthouse Edition, which features microcinema ...

Akira Kurosawa on set: the "emperor" of modern Japanese cinema 'The last thing I want people to leave my movies thinking about is other movies," says film director John Sayles. "I want them to leave ...

Charles Solomon is the author of many books, including "Enchanted Drawings: The History of Animation," and is a frequent contributor to The Times and National Public Radio's program "Day to Day." ...

Stan Sakai’s much-admired comic book Usagi Yojimbo is being developed as a feature film. Upstart studio Lintika Films has been chosen to produce the project. They won the rights from Sakai based on ...