Akira Kurosawa Set Out To End One Of Japanese Filmmaking’s Biggest Trends
Legendary filmmaker Akira Kurosawa opened “Seven Samurai” with a group of bandits approaching a small village on horseback. Between the opening credit..
Legendary filmmaker Akira Kurosawa opened “Seven Samurai” with a group of bandits approaching a small village on horseback. Between the opening credit..
Spoiler culture is a big deal today. While certain studios have leveraged spoiler culture to influence audiences to rush to cinema halls on release da..
Established during the early heyday of motion pictures, the “star system” is an informal rule of thumb that most movie producers still swear by, even ..
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Tom Hardy's “Peaky Blinders” character has been through a lot over the course of the series' six seasons. Most notably, in the fourth season..