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A Man, A Blade, An Empty Road

Samurai Film: Post-War to 1970: Known in Japan as chanbara eiga (“sword fighting film”), a subset of the jidai-geki (“period theatre”) genre, samurai film and its development lies at the core of Japanese cinema and its long history. Chanbara became one of the central vehicles by which Japan would reexamine its culture and values in light of its new postwar, post-imperial role. [More →]

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Guy Ritchie

Interview: Director Guy Ritchie

Wrath of Man (2021) reunites Ritchie with Jason Statham, star of Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), which he discusses here.

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The Smell of Fear: New Wave Horror

What is the Horror New Wave? And how did we get there? Research on the topic reveals that the “New Wave” moniker is often bandied about with little justification. Yet careful application of the term can be enlightening rather than obfuscating. [More →]

More Human Than Human: Robots, Cyborgs, & A.I. in the Movies

“Quite an experience to live in fear, isn’t it? That’s what it is to be a slave.” Thus speaks replicant Roy Batty in Blade Runner (1982), having turned the tables on his would-be executioner, Deckard, while neatly summarizing the predicament of creatures created to serve mankind. [More →]