The premiere of Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa at the prestigious Venice Film Festival in 1951 did more than win him the first prize at the film festival. Up until then, the story dictated the narrative ...

Released in 1950, Rashomon was a turning point not only in Japanese cinema but in the world of cinema in general. Director Akira Kurosawa‘s version of the stories of Ryûnsuke Akutagawa was a quiet ...

When did truth become unreliable? At what point did an event unfolding in reality become just another opinion? When did we stop agreeing about what just happened? You could say it was the moment that ...

The Matrix and Avatar evolved the SFX industry, while Quentin Tarantino ’s Pulp Fiction created new opportunities for non-linear storytelling. In 1950, Akira Kurosawa, the master behind Seven Samurai, ...