The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer.

Renowned for the use of martial arts in his action films, Steven Seagal's love for this Akira Kurosawa film doesn't come as a surprise.

John Maclean remixes the samurai genre with dark humour, a blustery British backdrop, and a fiercely relatable teen lead to ...

Julia Izumi’s self-absorbed solo show offers weak humor, clunky staging, and little emotional payoff beneath its quirky ...

Julia Izumi’s “Akira Kurosawa Explains His Movies and Yogurt (With Live & Active Cultures!)” at Woolly Mammoth is a ...

Spike Lee confirmed Highest 2 Lowest will likely be his final film with Denzel Washington, closing out a legendary five-film ...

Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, director of 'Seven Samurai' and 'Rashomon', once picked his favourite American movies by the likes of John Ford and Scorsese.

Lee's "re-imagining" of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller 'High and Low' also stars Ilfenesh Hadera, Jeffrey Wright, ...

According to early reviews at the Cannes Film Festival, Spike Lee and Denzel Washington have another winner on their hands.