Kumonosu jô (Throne of Blood)

using a slightly poetic version of Japanese that never detracts from the film's grandiose visuals.....However, what makes Throne of Blood such a great film is the way in which Kurosawa invokes these themes visually.....He eschews the attention-grabbing Shakespearean dialogue....given the film's lavish visual design, the performances couldn't be better suited.....Greed and egoism were important elements of his breakthrough film, 1950s' Rashomon.... ... Full Review

Looking at Macbeth from Kurosawa's Throne of BloodNone of Shakespeare's actual lines survive into Kurosawa's film, some characters are missing entirely, the plot has changed, and most English viewers who are familiar with the play need subtitles to follow it;... ... Full Article

The popular WKKO-FM (99.9) morning team of Gary Shores and Harvey Steele celebrates its 15-year on-air partnership Tuesday. "That's longer than my first marriage," joked Shores, 57, WKK0's longtime program director. ... Full Article

Road movies: Tilda Swinton, Mark Cousins and fellow film 'pilgrims' haul the Screen Machine mobile cinema towards Kinlochleven, the first stop on their tour across Scotland. ... Full Article

Last summer the Oscar-winning actor Tilda Swinton and film critic Mark Cousins held a film festival in the town of Nairn, on Moray Firth, Scotland . ... Full Article

The new eight and a half day event, called A Pilgrimage, follows on from The Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams, which Swinton and Cousins staged in Nairn last summer. ... Full Article

Growing up in Braidwood, an unremarkable village in the Clyde Valley, Blair Thomson discovered a novel way to escape dreary Lanarkshire. He fell in love with the black and white movies of Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa. ... Full Article