Watched and Learned: My Take on Films from Whenever and Wherever

Wisely marketed by Netflix as "Akira Kurosawa's Dreams," this is my first anthology viewing since...well, another Kurosawa pie...

I knew I wasn't going to love this. Martin Scorsese fare is rarely even moderately enjoyable to me. But it is one of the most champio...

Martin Scorsese is one of those people whose works I check out almost entirely because he's popular, not because I like his track record...

I had seen Toshirō Mifune in a dozen films, only one of them not directed by Akira Kurosawa. Even when he's not the main character, he h...

After my semi-success with  The King of Comedy , I decided to give another Martin Scorsese black comedy a shot. In a way, it's the oppos...

When a movie title itself speaks of humor , it's usually serious. The only exception I can think of is A Funny Thing Happened on the Way...