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‘Highest 2 Lowest' Review: Spike Lee's Kurosawa-Inspired Kidnapping Drama Isn't So Much a Remake as a Manifesto
There's enormous risk in remaking a movie like "High and Low." Japanese master Akira Kurosawa set the bar high with his 1963 ...
Trying to analyze a filmmaking legend using Chobani yogurt
Julia Izumi’s “Akira Kurosawa Explains His Movies and Yogurt (With Live & Active Cultures!)” at Woolly Mammoth is a ...
Denzel Washington's "unpredictable" crime thriller debuts with near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes rating
Denzel Washington 's "unpredictable" new crime thriller Highest 2 Lowest has debuted with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes ...
Highest 2 Lowest Review
Highest 2 Lowest features an enormously theatrical Denzel Washington and the kind of wild tonal swings only Spike Lee can ...
A complete list of Akira Kurosawa’s 33 favourite American movies
Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, director of 'Seven Samurai' and 'Rashomon', once picked his favourite American movies by the likes of John Ford and Scorsese.