A pretty disturbing turn in the series. It is strange, Yoko and I recently rewatched the whole series – and it really is amazing how the tone has so radically shifted. As the series gets darker, the wonder begins to retreat. The smiles are gone. Full Article at Ain't It Cool News

Frenchmen abroad play a key role in the week's major gay DVD releases, as do Julia Child, George Michael and Japanese film master Akira Kurosawa. Read on for more! Full Article at After Elton

Shopping for the best pop culture stuff. Akira Kurosawa, who directed 30 films in 50 years, is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in film history. Full Article at PopMatters

Quick links to the best of SFGate | Still can't find it? Full Article at San Francisco Chronicle

Of course it made me think of Akira Kurosawa, but I also saw surprisingly similarities to Moebius in the strength of the artistic storytelling if not actual techniques employed. Full Article at Beaucoup Kevin

Today is my second son's birthday. He knows all about the history of his birthday. I wish I could see him... Stoney, Thanks for the link. That was interesting. Full Article at Peterman's Eye

A scene from Akira Kurosawa's "The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail," part of Criterion's "AK 100" box set. Dwarfing all other DVD releases this week is a staggering, 25-film, $399 box set from Criterion of the films of Akira Kurosawa. Full Article at Indie Wire

« Friday is List Day When I Say It's List Day | Main Dennis Cozzalio of the Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule blog has posted yet another movie quiz. Full Article at Kaedrin Weblog

The wonder of Akira Kurosawa's 50-year career is that it was at once remarkably varied and satisfyingly coherent. Kurosawa (1910-98) elevated the samurai genre and reinvented action filmmaking. Full Article at Los Angeles Times

THE most imposing DVD gift set of this holiday season is “AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa,” which, in commemoration of Kurosawa’s coming centennial, the Criterion Collection has released at the equally imposing retail price of $399. Full Article at The New York Times

Cinema Paradiso, a segment in ‘Good Morning Tamizha' on Jaya TV, is reviewing Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's visually brilliant Dersu Uzala on Friday, 7.45 a.m. A 1975 Soviet-Japanese joint production, the film won the Grand Prix at the Moscow Film... Full Article at The Hindu

(click linked text below to jump to related section of the review) In the late 1970's, Akira Kurosawa was at a serious crossroads in his once-illustrious career. Full Article at High-Def Digest

Speaking with Marc Ecko about his work with videogames a few months back, the outspoken entrepreneur fessed up to one rumor I had been hearing -- he'd at one point been trying to adapt a videogame version of a famous William Shakespeare tale. Full Article at Destructoid

The classic film will be in the first wave of Lionsgate's StudioCanal Collection (Criterion-ish treatment) slated for Blu-ray this February. Lionsgate will finally bring Akira Kurosawa's 'Ran' to the high-definition format on February 16. Full Article at High-Def Digest

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