Akira Kurosawa’s love of Iranian cinema: “A film must be made with the heart, not the mind”
The maestro appreciated the nation’s resurgence.
Akira Kurosawa
“Not a lot of laughs!”: Martin Scorsese recalls being directed by Akira Kurosawa
When legend meets legend.
“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.
“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.