“A cinematic sensei to generations of directors”: Wes Anderson’s favourite Akira Kurosawa movies
There’s a reason he has the status that he does.
Akira Kurosawa
“That’s greatness”: Werner Herzog on the only movie that achieves perfect balance
The man knows what he likes.
The hidden artist: Clint Eastwood on the directors he “always liked the look of”
The icon knew what he wanted to see from an auteur.
How to inspire an icon: Clint Eastwood names his four movie mentors
Not his most noted collaborators, either.
The director who made “eight masterpieces”, according to Francis Ford Coppola
He knows how to craft a classic.
Enduring tales: the movies you didn’t know were based on William Shakespeare classics
From animated classics to beloved rom-coms.
‘Throne of Blood’: The Akira Kurosawa movie that “didn’t impress” Andrei Tarkovsky
“It ruins the impression. Cinema doesn’t permit any such faults.”
From page to screen: The books that inspired Akira Kurosawa
The reading list that influenced an icon.