George Lucas' favourite Akira Kurosawa movie is 'Seven Samurai,' even though 'The Hidden Fortress' is the one that inspired ...

It’s why Grave of the Fireflies author Akiyuki Nosaka only agreed to let his short story be adapted into an anime film by Isao Takahata’s team at Studio Ghibli: The form could capture the emotions of ...

Discover the top 10 must-have Criterion Collection movies in UHD 4K to buy in 2025. ... Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai is the quintessential samurai film and an enduring ... One 4K UHD disc of the ...

For three minutes each, movie lovers could enter the Criterion Closet truck to rifle through the company’s expansive archive of canonical works, plucking DVD and Blu-ray copies to purchase and ...

From Gene Hackman in 'Night Moves' to anime classic 'Akira,' the best new Blu-ray and physical media releases to own in March 2025.

I just checked and the 4K version appears to be out on streaming and 4K Blu-ray. The 4K Blu-ray is available from the Criterion Collection and includes a bunch of extra goodies: two audio commentaries ...

Akira Kurosawa is considered one of the most influential filmmakers of all time and now two of his best films, Yojimbo and Sanjuro, are finally available in a 4K Blu-ray Criterion Collection set ...

4K and Blu-ray must-haves of January 2025 include one of 2024’s best ... Toshiro Mifune dominates this Criterion combo pack of Yojimbo and Sanjuro, a pair of Akira Kurosawa samurai films, ...

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Though Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai” has been a cornerstone of Criterion’s library of cinematic classics since the very beginning of the company’s existence, a new 4K digital ...

Criterion, meanwhile, is putting out reburnished editions of Peter Bogdanovich’s “Paper Moon,” Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai,” William Wyler’s “Funny Girl,” and a massive 40 ...