pun(c)tuation, a new gallery directed by local artist Maikoiyo Alley-Barnes opens tonight at 6 pm with a show called The Shogunate Revisited, with artists Mike Wagner and I AM. It's located at 705A E Pike Street (right next to Honey Hole). Full Article at The Stranger

Akira Kurosawa's four-way account of a man's murder, re-released on a new print, has become so associated with its central device not to mention its myriad offshoots that it requires an effort to see it only for itself. Full Article at Philadelphia City Paper

There is a little bit of epic history in all of us deep down we strive to see action packed scenes that entertain us to the mere brink of ecstasy. Ran by Akira Kurosawa is one of his greatest epic tales ever told on the big screen. Full Article at Associated Content

In May, Hero Complex contributor Gina McIntyre traveled north to Vancouver to visit the set of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" and talk to the creative minds behind one of the most anticipated films of 2009. Full Article at Los Angeles Times

Oh, the Criterion Collection. Full Article at PopMatters

Every year a small village in late medieval Japan faces the terror of being invaded by roving bandits who steal crops and even kill the farmers and their families. Full Article at Jerusalem Post